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Churches wrestle with drop in donations
Beliefnet: (RNS) The number of churches that reported a drop in giving due to the sour economy rose nearly 10 percent last year, according to new survey. In 2009, 38 percent of churches reported a decline in giving, versus 29 percent in 2008. Full story.
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Foundation urges charitable giving among nonreligious
(RNS) A new foundation in Georgia is urging atheists and secularists to donate more to charity in order to show that their generosity equals that of churchgoers -- even if their checkbooks haven't shown it thus far.
"The nonreligious are generous and compassionate, but our giving lags...
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Monday’s roundup
The Dalai Lama says he doesn't care that the White House took a low-key approach to his meeting with President Obama last week. He also commented, obliquely, on Tiger Woods, saying that all religions have a negative view of adultery, and that self-discipline with an awareness of conse...
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Sour economy pushes offerings down, study finds
(RNS) One year after a majority of Americans said they hoped the sour economy wouldn't impact their church giving, three in 10 Americans now say they're putting less in the offering plate, a Barna Group study shows.
Compared to a similar study that Barna conducted at the end of 2008,...
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After quake, Haiti’s missionaries ask: ‘Why (not) me?’
(RNS) Having survived a devastating earthquake during a 10-day mission trip to Haiti, Freedom Gassoway now savors every minute she spends at home with her family in Beaverton, Ore.
But for this 33-year-old mother of two, some of life has also lost its sweetness.
Meals no longer taste...
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Doctor testifies for parents in faith-healing death
OREGON CITY, Ore. (RNS) When their son became ill, Jeffrey and Marci Beagley were confronted by several symptoms that would concern any reasonable parent but gave no indication that death was imminent, a pediatrician told jurors on Monday (Jan. 25).
Dr. Douglas Diekema was the first d...
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I swear, we've all been really nice, not naughty, this year so Santa's giving us a year-end present and RNS will be going dark until Jan. 4. But don't worry -- we'll be back up live in the event of breaking news.
From all of us at RNS, happy holidays and best wishes for a great 2010....
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Mother faces same disease that claimed her poet son
BETHESDA, Md. (RNS) It's standing room only at the Borders bookstore here, where Jeni Stepanek is talking about her new book, "Messenger." The book is about her son Mattie, the New York Times-bestselling inspirational poet who died five years ago at the age of 13 after battling a rare...
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COMMENTARY: Telling times
(RNS) Now begins the holiday season, our annual extravaganza of travel, shopping, worshipping, eating and deep emotions.
Some treasure every moment of it. Some look anxiously for gold amid the dross of hyper-everything. Some sink into a seasonal funk. Our economy kicks into now-or-nev...
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Americans take dim view of funding Muslim charities
WASHINGTON (RNS) Americans look less favorably on mosques applying for government funding than other religious charities, a new survey shows.
While 27 percent of U.S. adults polled oppose religious charities applying for government funding to provide services to the needy, more than h...
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