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Southern Baptists seeing growth among black congregations
The Religion WorldChristianity Today's Melissa Stellar writes about the changing diversity within the Southern Baptist Convention. Twenty percent of the churches are non-Anglo and many of those are black congregations: New data from the North American Mission Board (NAMB)... -
Rev. Louis Giglio bows out of giving Obama inaugural benediction
The Religion WorldThe Rev. Louie Giglio withdrew Jan. 10 from giving the benediction at Barack Obama's second inauguration after an anti-gay rights sermon he preached in the 1990s surfaced. Giglio did not apologize for the sermon, but said that battling gay rights is not a... -
Clergy lead campaign for gun control in Washington Friday
The Religion WorldThis from the Religion News Service: Christian, Jewish and Muslim clergy, plan to lead a campaign in front of the Washington National CathedralFriday timed to mark the moment a week before when a gunman opened fire in a school in Newtown, Conn. But just... -
Southern Baptists workshop how to stem decline
The Religion WorldThe Florida Baptist Convention and the North American Mission Board are teaming up for a one-day workshop to discuss ways of stemming the decline in church membership. The Church Growth and Revitalization Conference will be held Jan. 29 at the First... -
The Vatican knows how to put on a show
Since Pope Francis, seemingly a warm, likable man, began his papacy with a little self-deprecating joke about how the cardinals had to look "to the ends of the Earth" to find the new Bishop of Rome, it's reasonable to assume that the first non-European to...Tags: Joan Rivers, Francis I, Christianity, Jonathan Pryce, Roman Catholicism
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Cardinals enter Sistine Chapel for conclave to elect new pope
VATICAN CITY -- Looking solemn at the task before them, senior prelates of the Roman Catholic Church filed into the Sistine Chapel and locked themselves in Tuesday afternoon to begin the process of voting for a new pope under conditions of utmost secrecy....
Tags: Christianity, Rituals, Religion and Belief, Benedict XVI, Roman Catholicism
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Local Boy Scouts gathering opinions on gay ban
bruces@dailyamerican.comThe Laurel Highlands Council of the Boy Scouts of America has asked volunteers to consider the possibility of allowing open gays to join. Gay-rights groups have been pressuring the national executive board to overturn its ban on homosexual members. Mike...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Christianity, Laurel, Roman Catholicism, Social Organizations
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Human bones in Pasadena backyard may be tied to Santeria
L.A. NOWThe human skull and other bones discovered in the backyard of a Pasadena home last week may have been purchased on the Internet, possibly for late-night rituals at a makeshift altar.... -
Amid Boy Scout turmoil, other groups hope to grow
NEW YORK (AP) — With the Boy Scouts of America entangled in a furor over its ban on gays, lesser-known youth organizations across the ideological spectrum see an opportunity. They wonder if the turmoil might prompt some families to give them a...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, New York City, Christianity, East Harlem, Baptist
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Channeling the spirits in color and line at Ellicott City gallery
Ephrem Kouakou prefers to work while the world sleeps. The artist says that in the dead of night, absent the sound of any human voice or music, he can best hear the "spirits" talking. He says he's been hearing the spirits steer his brush since he...
Tags: France, Ellicott City, Arts, Entertainment, Smithsonian Institution
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Windermere Union Church celebrates Ash Wednesday on Feb. 13
The Religion WorldWindermere Union Church, United Church of Christ, 10710 Park Ridge-Gotha Road, will hold an inspirational Ash Wednesday service in the sanctuary at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13. Rev. Barton Buchanan, the church minister, will officiate. Ash Wednesday is... -
Mason-Dixon Council of the Boy Scouts of America chief awaits national decision on gays
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comA local Scouting official said the organization will respect whatever decision is made when the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America votes this spring on whether to open membership to gays. On Feb. 6, the national group decided to postpone a...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Christianity, Roman Catholicism, Social Organizations, Youth Organizations
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