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NEWS FEATURE: Episcopal Bishop Spong wants to ignite a new reformation
c. 1998 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ For Jack Spong _ or, more formally, Episcopal Bishop John Shelby Spong of the Diocese of Newark, N.J. _ virtually everything in the Christian lexicon is up for grabs.
Spong, who has made a career of challenging conventional Christian teachin...
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COMMENTARY: Preaching lifestyle rather than proclaiming God
c. 1998 Religion News Service
(Tom Ehrich is the author of"On a Journey,"daily meditations available through Journey Publishing Co. If you have feedback or want to suggest a question for a future column, e-mail him at journey(AT)interpath.com)
UNDATED _ It was a preacher's dream:...
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NEWS STORY: Methodist pastor acquitted in church same-sex `union’ trial
c. 1998 Religion News Service
KEARNEY, Neb. _ A United Methodist pastor was acquitted Friday (March 13) of violating a denominational directive by presiding over a same-sex union ceremony involving two women at his Omaha church.
The decision in the case of the Rev. Jimmy Creech is...
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NEWS FEATURE: Jewish community dealing with gay interfaith couples
c. 1998 Religion News Service
BALTIMORE _ When David Steinhorn and Thom Stroschein began their relationship 12 years ago, their first date did not begin until near midnight because Steinhorn first attended a Selichot service _ a special penitential service preceding the Jewish High...
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NEWS STORY: Canadian agency faults Focus on the Family over program on gays
c. 1998 Religion News Service
VANCOUVER, British Columbia _ One of the largest Christian ministries in North America has been rebuked by Canada's broadcast ethics watchdog for airing allegedly questionable commentary about homosexuals.
The Focus on the Family show, which airs on hun...
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NEWS STORY: Seeking to lower the decibel level on moral discourse
c. 1998 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ Does the volatile rhetoric involved in some of America's most contentious political and moral issues such as abortion and gay rights lead to violence? Can the decibel level of public discourse be brought down without abandoning deeply held...
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NEWS STORY: Gospel duo, others urge opposition to proposed anti-discrimination law
c. 1998 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ A prominent gospel music duo and other Christians came to Capitol Hill on Thursday (April 2) to tell lawmakers how they are being harassed and discriminated against for taking public stands against homosexuality, while urging Congress to re...
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NEWS STORY: Catholic meeting on gay ministries stirs debate
c. 1998 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ It was intended to be a mild, middle-ground conference on homosexuality, a September gathering sanctioned by Roman Catholic bishops and designed to help priests make gays feel welcome in the church without condoning their sexual behavior.
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NEWS STORY: Churches pledge to make gays issue at World Council assembly
c. 1998 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ Two major North American Christian denominations _ one from Canada and one from the U.S. _ will be at the center of an expected typhoon of controversy over homosexuality at the upcoming World Council of Churches assembly in Zimbabwe.
The Uni...
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NEWS STORY: Creech taking leave from ministry
c. 1998 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ The Rev. Jimmy Creech, the United Methodist minister whose performance of a same-sex ceremony led to a church trial and precipitated a new crisis in the denomination over gay issues, has decided to take a leave of absence from the ministry."I...
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