Faith
Mission and objectives of `Stand in the Gap’
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ Promise Keepers officials say they hope to achieve the following mission and goals through their Stand in the Gap event from noon to 6 p.m., Oct. 4 on the National Mall in Washington:
Mission:
To gather a diverse multitude of men in th...
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NEWS FEATURE: Steadying the body, soul in whirlwind world of work
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ On Labor Day, millions of Americans will take a break from the daily grind: They will sleep in, catch a matinee, hike the outdoors or join family and friends at the last barbecue of summer.
A national holiday that began in 1882, Labor Day ce...
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NEWS SIDEBAR: Saintly, yes. But Mother Teresa is not yet a saint.
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ Mother Teresa was a living example of Christian spiritual truths.
But was she a saint?
Not in the eyes of the Roman Catholic Church _ at least not yet.
In a process that could take as long as two centuries or as little as 25 years, her l...
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NEWS FEATURE: TV gets spiritual, but not everyone’s applauding
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ Meet Father ``Ray'' Raynaux (Kevin Anderson), star of ABC's upcoming new drama series, ``Nothing Sacred.''
Father Ray is a Catholic priest who runs a cash-strapped parish. He keeps an atheist on staff to balance the books, prefers presiding...
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NEWS STORY: Poll shows few choosing clergy for spiritual support in facing death
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ Many Americans long for spiritual support as they reach the end of their lives, but few say they would choose clergy to provide it, a newly released Gallup survey shows."A lot of people have deep spiritual needs that are not being met,"said po...
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NEWS STORY: Dissidents in Episcopal Church seek to form"church within a church”
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ Like a spurned and angry spouse, the conservative wing of the Episcopal Church is sleeping these days in a separate bedroom and contemplating setting up its own household.
Leaders of the Episcopal Synod of America, an independent organizatio...
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NEWS FEATURE: Making the Koran more accessible for Ramadan
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ It opens with the al-Fatiha, a succinct rendering of Islam's essence also included in the prayers that observant Muslims recite five times daily. For Muslims, the holy book known in formal Arabic as al-Qur'an al-Karim,"the noble Koran,"has a s...
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NEWS STORY: First women hired as Orthodox Jewish `congregational interns’
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ In a first for Orthodox Judaism, two prominent New York synagogues have hired women as"congregational interns,"a position stretching the role of women within tradition-bound Orthodoxy by including some duties normally performed by rabbis.
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NEWS BOX: Promise Keepers announce sites of 1998 pastors’ conferences
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ Here's the list of 1998 conferences for pastors announced by Promise Keepers as part of their next phase:
Philadelphia, Jan. 15; Denver, Jan. 22; Portland, Ore., Jan. 27; San Diego, Jan. 29; Nashville, Feb. 5; Charlotte, N.C., Feb. 10; Dalla...
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NEWS FEATURE: African-rooted churches springing up in America
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ For generations, Christian missionaries from the United States journeyed to Africa to teach their religion.
Now, however, amid an explosion of Christianity in Africa, churches there are sending thousands of missionaries overseas to preach th...
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