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- 03/14/2009
Calvin College Names First Female Chaplain
A pastor described by the Christian Reformed Church as its first U.S. woman to be ordained as a minister has been named chaplain of Calvin College.
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03/11/20091,600 Families Seek Food Handouts in Indiana City
Roughly 1,600 familes picked up food and other items sent by a charity to economically distressed Elkhart, Ind., which has an unemployment rate of 18.3 percent.
Tags Economic Crisis Nonprofit - 12/07/2008
Ex-Muslim Forms Party to Defend Europe's Christian Values
An Egyptian-born writer who renounced Islam and was baptized a Roman Catholic by Pope Benedict XVI said he has formed a political party that would enter candidates in next year's European Union elections.
- 09/28/2008
EU 'Very' Worried about Freedom of Religion in Iran
The European Union said Friday it is "very worried" about what it sees as a deterioration of religious freedom in Iran.
- 09/10/2008
Judge Approves 'God' Banners in Classroom
A San Diego federal judge has upheld the free speech claim of a Christian math teacher asked to take down classroom banners with the words "God" and "Creator."
- 08/16/2008
Church Van Overturns on Ala. Highway, Killing 1
Police say a church van overturned on an Alabama interstate, killing the driver and sending five passengers to the hospital.
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07/13/2008Some 'Healing Revivals' Draw Even Pentecostal Critics
Some local church leaders have criticized the event, and the Assemblies of God, one of America's largest Pentecostal denominations, got so many questions it published a five-page statement of guidelines to help parishioners test the validity of a revival.
- 07/06/2008
Jamaican Bible Translation Sparks Wide-Spread Debate
Plans to translate the Bible into patois — Jamaica's unofficial language — have ignited a fiery debate that stretches beyond the shores of this island nation.
- 06/28/2008
Judge Rules in Favor of Breakaway Anglicans
Eleven conservative Episcopal churches won a legal victory Friday when a circuit court judge upheld a Virginia law allowing congregations to vote to secede from their parent denominations.
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