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TOP STORY: CHURCH FIRES: Black clergy demand stronger action on church arsons
c. 1996 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON (RNS)-African-American church leaders called Monday (June 10) for more aggressive federal action to solve a string of more than 30 arsons of black southern churches during the past 18 months.
They suggested that the nation's fragile racial...
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TOP STORY: CHURCH FIRES: Black clergy demand stronger action on church arsons
c. 1996 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON (RNS)-African-American church leaders called Monday (June 10) for more aggressive federal action to solve a string of more than 30 arsons of black southern churches during the past 18 months.
They suggested that the nation's fragile racial...
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TOP STORY: CHURCH FIRES: Church arsons in South heighten fear of militant racism
c. 1996 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON (RNS)-Arsons that have damaged or destroyed dozens of black churches in the South are rekindling fears of militant racism in the United States and leading some church and civic leaders to compare the incidents to the violence of the civil rig...
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TOP STORY: RELIGION IN AMERICA: Megachurches at the epicenter of African-American middle class
c. 1996 Religion News Service
BRANDYWINE, Md. (RNS)-The Rev. C. Anthony Muse sprinkles apologies about the inconvenient seating arrangement throughout his welcome to congregants of his growing Gibbons United Methodist Church in this suburb of Washington, D.C.
Surveying the crowded...
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NEWS STORY: Evangelical group issues harsh self-criticism
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(RNS)-More than 100 evangelical leaders meeting recently in Cambridge, Mass., have issued a document harshly critical of their Protestant movement, saying some members have strayed so far from basic biblical tenets that the word evangelical has lost its...
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TOP STORY: RELIGION AND CULTURE: Greek Cypriots see Turkish threat to Orthodox legacy
c. 1996 Religion News Service
NICOSIA, Cyprus (RNS)-On a busy corner in the northern part of Nicosia's old city, the Mosque of the Martyrs is at once conspicuous.
At a glance, its gated courtyard, high facade and arched entrance tell that it once was a church. In place of a minare...
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NEWS STORY: Christian youth gather for two-day `Washington for Jesus’ rally
c. 1996 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON (RNS)-Armed with picnic coolers, Bibles and"Jesus"pennants, thousands of Christian youth gathered for a"Washington for Jesus"rally at the U.S. Capitol Monday, rejoicing that they were not alone in their faith."Sometimes I get discouraged, thi...
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NEWS STORY: Christian Coalition offers reward in church arsons
c. 1996 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON (RNS)-The Christian Coalition today (April 22) offered a $25,000 reward to anyone who can prove that racism motivated a series of arsons of African-American churches in the South and called on government officials to strengthen their probes o...
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Evangelist Palau promotes racial reconciliation
c. 1996 Religion News Service
CHICAGO (RNS)-Doug Hansen first realized that he contributed to, and must repent of, racism at a prayer meeting for evangelist Luis Palau's ``Say Yes, Chicago'' crusade.
To prepare for the crusade, which began last week, about 75 pastors-half of them...
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NEWS FEATURE: Evangelist Palau promotes racial reconciliation
c. 1996 Religion News Service
CHICAGO (RNS)-Doug Hansen first realized that he contributed to, and must repent of, racism at a prayer meeting for evangelist Luis Palau's ``Say Yes, Chicago'' crusade.
To prepare for the crusade, which began last week, about 75 pastors-half of them...
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