Tensions in Nigeria remain high in the aftermath of the killing of nearly 400 Christians by Muslim gangs armed with machetes. This latest conflict continues ongoing violence between Christians and Muslims in Africa’s most populous and most diverse country. The dead, in a freshly dug mass grave, included a pregnant woman and at least one infant. A few miles away in Jos, a city of a half-million at the crossroads of Nigeria’s Muslim north and predominantly Christian south, troops patrolled the outskirts and set up checkpoints.
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Producers of the new movie The Chronicles of Narnia series – “The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” – were understandably nervous when they invited several prominent Christian groups and C.S. Lewis experts to view clips of the film and go over the script. The reaction was largely positive as producers try to get away from alterations which generated criticism of the second film in the series, “Prince Caspian.”
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National search for historic missing church windows
Calling all history buffs, amateur detectives and people who just like to snoop: An Irish-American benevolent society is looking for help in tracking down stained-glass windows it donated to churches between 1870 and 1920. The Ancient Order of Hibernians gave the windows to Roman Catholic churches, but that doesn’t mean that’s the only place to look. As buildings were sold, torn down or remodeled, Hibernian windows are turning up in all kinds of places—warehouses, garages and even Protestant churches.
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Renewed activism by bishops on abortion shaping health care debate
The influence of Catholic bishops in the health care debate has been noticeable and a break from laity who either don’t see abortion as a make-or-break issue or who conversely don’t embrace any reform whatsoever. The stance of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to call for reform with strict limitations on abortion has distanced them from past political deal-making and toward renewed activism.
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Third suspect arrested in California church shooting
A third suspect has been arrested in the shootings of a man and a boy during a Richmond, Calif., church service on Valentine’s Day. Richmond police this morning took into custody Marcel Buggs, 18, on charges including assault with a deadly weapon and possession of a firearm. The Richmond resident had been under surveillance for more than a week, according to Richmond police Sgt. Bisa French.
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Churches in Canada shutting doors to consolidate, survive
The Anglican Diocese of British Columbia is taking the uncomfortable step of closing churches and consolidating to deal with rapidly declining attendance. Most of the churches involved are in and around Vancouver. In addition to recommending that churches close, the report described Canada as a post-Christian society and urged a change in attitude to attract new members, including embracing modern forms of evangelism.
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Trend of Christian-themed flims sparking retail hopes
The ongoing trend of faith-based films is sparking retailers’ hopes that DVD sales and marketing of related products will aid their bottom lines. For example, Family Christian Stores is offering a pre-buy special for the March 23 DVD release of “The Blind Side”, with the chain announcing that it will give a portion of proceeds from sales to provide tuition assistance for Christian education to foster children.
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Habitat for Humanity begins Chile operation
Habitat for Humanity is beginning work at doing its part to help victims of the Chile earthquake recover. The Christian humanitarian organization is clearing ground on the first of 36 homes it plans to build in the country rocked by an 8.8 magnitude earthquake. Only local volunteers are being used at this time because of transportation difficulties.
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Missionary freed from Haitian jail
A U.S. missionary held for more than a month in Haiti on kidnapping charges flew back to the United States on Monday after being released from prison, while the leader of her Baptist group remained in custody. Charisa Coulter, 24, was freed Monday and whisked from her jail cell to the airport by U.S. Embassy staff. Wearing a red tank top and sunglasses, she declined comment as she quickly got into an SUV that took her to the Haitian airport, where she caught a flight back to the United States.
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Blending young adult ministries within churches presents many obstacles
Ministries for teens and young adults are nothing new. However, incorporating worship experiences and needs of younger generations into the church as a whole is a constant challenge. Communications between different age groups and leaderships groups is important to the long-term growth of churches and membership retention.
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Easter evangelism campaign underway in Kentucky
Kentucky Baptists on Saturday kicked off their largest-ever evangelism campaign, seeking to share the Gospel with 1.5 million households in the state by Easter. “We are praying for a breakthrough,” said Stan Lowery, director of missions for the Nelson Baptist Association, in a promotional video on the Kentucky Baptist Convention Web site.
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Opinion: God, unlike search engines, forgets histories
The publishing of search engine data a few years ago by America Online created an uproar and also showed the patterns of people’s lives reflected in their Internet habits. Unlike search engines, though, the author describes how God doesn’t remember histories forever for those who seek his guidance in their faith walk.
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What are the top Christian movies of all time?
The Oscars have come and gone for another year leaving behind them discussions of snubs and upsets -- particularly if you’re really tall, blue and have a long tail. It also is an annual exercise in …
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Abortion remains contentious sticking point in health care push
Disagreement over abortion language in the passed House and Senate health care reform bills remains one of the most significant obstacles to reconcile. Timothy Jost, co-author of the casebook “Health Law,” which is widely used throughout the United States in teaching health law at law schools, insists that no tax dollars can go toward funding of abortions under the Senate bill.
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Obstacles that Could Keep You from Your Financial Goals
Growing up, I watched the hardest working man I knew, my grandfather, lose his entire life savings. Here's where he went wrong.
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The Most Spectacular Sin Ever Committed
Was it the driving of the nails? The thrusting of the spear? The mockery of Herod? The weaving of the thorns and pushing them down on his head with glee? Peter's denial? Or Judas, who kissed him for 30 pieces of silver?
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Etiquette Arising: Combating the Coarsening of Culture
Arnold Toynbee contended that one clear sign of a civilization’s decline is when the elites begin mimicking the vulgarity and promiscuity exhibited by society’s bottom-dwellers. The result: The entire culture is vulgarized.
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Earthquake Relief Groups Take Different Paths in Chile, Haiti
In the early stages of disaster relief, the needs in both countries are almost identical. But the back-to-back disasters have revealed a stark contrast in the two countries' needs.
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Individualism and the Death of Liberty
Individuals need to be protected. And if that protection does not come from the loving community of family and Church, the government steps in with all sorts of strings attached.
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Religious, ethnic violence start anew in Nigeria
At least 100 people have been reported killed in suspected religious clashes near the central Nigerian city of Jos. Witnesses said several villages just outside of the city were attacked simultaneously overnight Sunday. The area has seen several recent flare-ups between Christians and Muslims. The attack happened before dawn on Sunday morning when gangs of men descended on several communities, centered on the village of Dogo-Nahawa, and attacked people with machetes, reports say.
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