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TAM’s 19th annual Houses of Worship Tours open June 25
The 19th Annual Houses of Worship Summer Tours is offering a special bonus this year – a visit to the back acreage of a church on the tour with an array of large and thriving gardens and animal pens that help feed the needy.
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Newly retired minister to continue working for social justice
LAKESIDE, Ohio -- The Rev. Karen Shepler has just stepped down from active ministry, but the retired pastor of Monroe Street United Methodist Church is not about to slow down or take it easy. "My whole life has been working for justice and I will continue to do so in retirement,” she said.
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United Methodists hold 2013 conference at Lakeside resort
Members of the West Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church held their 2013 annual conference at Lakeside, Ohio, from Sunday through Wednesday (June 9-12).
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Southern Baptists push for more black missionaries
(RNS) Southern Baptist Convention President Fred Luter’s recent overseas missions trip is being hailed by black and white Southern Baptists as a catalyst to change a long-present reality: very small numbers of black missionaries.
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Rabbi’s message for American Jews: Change or die
(RNS) Rabbi Sidney Schwarz says old-style American Jewish institutions better figure out how upstart Jewish organization are attracting young Jews, and leaders of new Jewish movements should take some advice from their elders.
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Lutherans tackle national, global issues at regional conference
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio -- From poverty in America to diversity in membership to evangelizing in Africa, the regional body of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America addressed a world of major issues at its latest regional conference.
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Catholic population surges across the Global South
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Gains in Asia and Africa are making up for losses in Europe among the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics, according to Vatican statistics released Monday (May 13), signaling a shift of the church’s center of gravity toward the Global South that was heralded by the election of the first Latin American pope.
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Threshold is on a mission to bring the church to the people
The Rev. Tom Schaeffer, pastor of Threshold Church, is not striving to get people to come to his church. He’s more concerned with getting his church to the people. “I say to my folks: ‘Where we go, the church is.' It’s not about place. It’s not about a building. But it’s about the people of God.”
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ANALYSIS: Will former Palin adviser help or hurt bishops’ media woes?
NEW YORK (RNS) A former adviser to Sarah Palin and an attorney with a long record of advocating conservative causes, will become the first spokeswoman for the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the USCCB has announced.
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Welcoming attitude, not just architecture, needed for disabled to join in worship
It doesn’t always take a lot of money to open up a house of worship to the disabled. A smile, a handshake, a few kind words can make a huge difference, according to the experts.
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1938 Confirmation Class at St. Paul’s Lutheran celebrates 75th anniversary
On Sunday, April 14th, St. Paul's Lutheran Church, in downtown Toledo, celebrated the 75th anniversary of the 1938 Confirmation Class.
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