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OP STORY: SOUTH AFRICA: Lembas of South Africa stake claim to Jewish heritage
c. 1996 Religion News Service
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (RNS)-In a wasteland in the northeast corner of South Africa called Venda and in the teeming township of Soweto outside Johannesburg is a scattering of people who claim they are a lost tribe of Israel.
They are a hard-workin...
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Vocal ensembles star at Dove Awards ceremony
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(RNS)-Vocal ensembles-rather than individual artists-walked away with many of the the big awards Thursday night at the Dove Awards, an annual event honoring Christian music.
The modern-rock group dc Talk was named Artist of the Year, and group member...
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COMMENTARY: Do more than cheer for urban youths
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(Rodolpho Carrasco, 28, is a writer in Pasadena, Calif., and a consultant to church groups nationwide on youth ministry and internet outreach. Contact him via e-mail at genxlatino(AT)aol.com.)
LOS ANGELES (RNS)-Four thousand teen-age boys-black, white...
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NEWS FEATURE: Christian music industry sounds note of disappointment
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(RNS)-Three years ago, leaders in the growing Christian music industry boldly predicted that gospel would follow in the bootsteps of country, emerging from the shadows to become a major pop genre.
But today, gospel still accounts for only 3 percent of...
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COMMENTARY: Hooray for Hollywood
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(Charles W. Colson, former special counsel to Richard Nixon, served a prison term for his role in the Watergate scandal. He now heads Prison Fellowship International, an evangelical Christian ministry to the imprisoned and their families. Contact Colson...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1996 Religion News Service
Christian music sales grow at faster rate than other genres
(RNS)-Gospel music sales are growing faster than sales of other major forms of popular music, according to a study released Thursday (March 21) by the Gospel Music Association.
Between 19...
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TOP STORY: THE HOLOCAUST: A message of tolerance from the woman who sheltered Anne Frank
c. 1996 Religion News Service
CLEVELAND (RNS)-To watch Miep Gies with children is to understand why Anne Frank loved her.
Gies, who risked her life to hide the Frank family from the Nazis during World War II, told Cleveland-area junior high school students that for a long while sh...
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NEWS FEATURE: New crop of priests-to-be breaks the stereotype
c. 1996 Religion News Service
CHICAGO (RNS)-Like many college students, Juan De La Cruz and his buddies live in the balance between work and play.
Last year, their teams won the university's intramural soccer, football and softball championships. Some of them formed a band, record...
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COMMENTARY: Jumping the gun, so to speak, on TV violence
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(Frederica Mathewes-Green is a member of the Eastern Orthodox Church. She is the author of the recent book"Real Choices,"is active in the National Women's Coalition for Life and is a frequent contributor to Christianity Today magazine.)
(RNS)-Coming s...
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REVIEW: Documentary restores the human dimension to Anne Frank
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(RNS)-Anne Frank's diary has been read by millions of schoolchildren. It has been made into a film, a Broadway play and a television special. Now, with the documentary"Anne Frank Remembered,"written, produced and directed by Jon Blair, an important char...
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