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A pro-family leader wonders where the outrage is in the wake of the cold-blooded murder of two Christians who were street-witnessing in Florida. Tite Sufra, 24, and 23-year-old Stephen Ocean were recently shot to death by a man they had witnessed to in Boynton Beach. According to police, the men met 18-year-old Jeriah Woody and spoke with him for 15 minutes on the public sidewalk. The witnessing encounter was halted when Woody received a phone call and told the preachers he had to go. Police say as the pair walked away, Woody turned and followed them, pulled a gun and...

You Tube's Local Pstor is back at it. His newest clip had me laughing out loud at the song choice... Thanks to Morningstar madness we will soon see Todd and his new, young wife on a platform near you. ...

Two days before embattled Congressman William Jefferson faces the final electoral hurdle in his quest for a 10th term, more than a dozen local African-American pastors gathered at a Central City eatery to urge all citizens, black voters in particular, to be sure to head to the polls for Saturday's general election.

Morocco is to send more than 170 preachers throughout Europe from September until Ramadan to protect its citizens from extremist speeches, the government said Wednesday. The decision follows a request from King Mohammed VI. The 167 men and nine women have been given the task of "answering to the religious needs of the Moroccan community abroad, to protect them from any speeches of an extremist or irregular nature and shelter them from fanaticism and extremism," according to a government statement. They must also ensure that expatriate Moroccans remain true to their roots and Malikite traditions and instill in them the...

A Watertown pastor suspected tonight of having sexual contact with a child. KSFY obtained these court documents which lays out the case against Dennis Hayes. In documents released by Watertown Police, we're told the suspected contact happened last Friday when Hayes took a juvenile boy he had been mentoring from the "Southwest Youth Services Center" in Magnolia, Minnesota to a library in Luverne, Minnesota. The boy claims during the drive to Luverne, Hayes held his hand and told him he loved him. While at the Luverne library, he claims Hayes rubbed his back outside his shirt. During the drive back...

Conservative leader David Cameron has called for a ban on "preachers of hate" entering the United Kingdom. Mr Cameron accused Prime Minister Gordon Brown of dithering over the case of Islamist cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi, following press reports that he is to be granted permission to come to London for medical treatment. The Tory leader branded Mr al-Qaradawi - and the head of Hezbollah's TV station Ibrahim Moussawi, who recently spoke in Manchester - "dangerous and divisive" and said they should not be allowed in the country. And he called for a complete ban on Islamist political movements Hizb-ut-Tahrir and Hezbollah....

Paul says, "An overseer must be above reproach," (I Timothy 3:2) and yet we hear of pastors falling into sin all too frequently. How should such pastors (and I would add Ruling Elders and Deacons) be viewed by the church and how should they be disciplined? Surely most evangelicals believe these pastors ought to be removed from their positions of leadership within the church. The sin is simply too damaging to one’s reputation and especially to the reputation of Christ and His church to allow such a man to remain in his pastoral position. Hardly any within the evangelical church...

Faiths seeing wider spectrum of female clergy Tuesday, January 02, 2007 By Ann Rodgers, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Lake Fong, Post-Gazette The Rev. Kristen Beckstrom of Olivet Presbyterian Church in West Elizabeth was ordained two years ago. Click photo for larger image. On Christmas Eve, the Rev. Kristin Beckstrom's little church in West Elizabeth was packed with 120 worshippers -- the majority newcomers who did not belong to Olivet Presbyterian Church. The congregation, which draws 40 on Sundays, chose her two years ago to help it grow. Her gender was not an issue, because Olivet has had female pastors for 25 years....

OVERLAND PARK, Kansas (Reuters) - Coming soon to a movie screen near you: prayers, politics and a feature-length film, united in an effort to mobilize religious groups around global warming concerns in time for the U.S. midterm election. With a new documentary titled "The Great Warming" as their chief campaign tool, a coalition of religious leaders, environmentalists and businesses are spreading copies of the film into churches around the country. Voter guides and themed sermons are also part of the plan. The aim of the screenings, like one held in Kansas last week, is to turn the large and powerful...

At age 87, the Rev. Billy Graham can no longer stride to the pulpit and uses a walker to get around. Carrie Wood of Spring Hill, Ark., sings next to a statue of Rev. Billy Graham after it was unveiled at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting, Wednesday, June 22, 2005, in Nashville, Tenn. The statue, done by sculptor Terrell O'Brien, is a small version of a larger piece that will be presented in June at the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting in Greensboro, N.C. - Graham's home state - and then moved to Nashville for a permanent installation later...

SELMER, Tenn. - Mary Winkler was the quiet, unassuming wife of a small-town, by-the-Bible preacher, seemingly devoted to church and family. But now her husband, Matthew, is dead and she is charged with shooting him in the back with a shotgun. Authorities won't discuss a motive, and church members say they didn't see any indication she was unhappy. But experts say preachers' wives often struggle with depression and isolation, expected to be exemplars of Christian virtue while bearing unique pressures on their private and public lives. Gayle Haggard, author of "A Life Embraced: A Hopeful Guide for the Pastor's Wife,"...

Security: An increasing number of foreign imams preaching in America have been tied to terror and un-American activities. Yet Washington treats them as if they are among the lowest of threats.

Puzzled, the minister shut the door. "I have never told anyone this, not even my daughter," said the man. "But all of my life I have never known how to pray. At church I used to hear the pastor talk about prayer, but it went right over my head. I abandoned any attempt at prayer," the old man continued, "...until one day four years ago, my best friend said to me; "Johnny, prayer is just a simple matter of having a conversation with Jesus. Here is what I suggest.; Sit down in a chair; place an empty chair in front...

Foreign clerics who want to preach in Britain could be forced to pass a "Britishness" test.They would have to answer questions on taxes, the welfare state, history and parliament - and prove their commitment to building bridges with other faiths. The tests, though applied to clerics of all religions, will be seen as bid to keep out fundamentalist Muslim preachers who oppose western values. Churches, mosques and synagogues have long been allowed to import clerics if they cannot recruit them locally. Since last year, they must pass an English language test. Muslim leaders were initially sceptical about the latest Home...

Gays, preachers collide at Pride By The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 06/26/04 Piedmont Park felt like a giant mosquito trap Saturday with puddles of rainwater and air as thick as pudding, giving Pride 2004 the perfect setting for a confrontation that had been stirring all week: crackling Southern sermonizers and those they said need to repent.Under the brindled sky, street preachers yelled and dozens of Pride attendees stopped to argue, wave a middle finger or make out in protest at the main entrance to the park at Piedmont and 14th Street>LAURA NOEL/AJC The Pride festival celebrates Atlanta's gay, lesbian, bisexual...

'Silence the preachers of hate' By David Sapsted, Jonathan Petre and John Steele (Filed: 01/04/2004) Britain's most prominent Muslim leader last night demanded a crackdown on "rogue" Islamic preachers, blaming them for brainwashing young men with sermons promoting holy war against the West. Iqbal Sacranie, the secretary-general of the Muslim Council of Britain, was backed by the families of some of the eight men arrested in Tuesday's anti-terrorism raids in south-east England. Muslims in Luton discuss the latest developments Police were given three more days to question the men about the seizure in west London of more than half a...

A trial begins today for four ministers arrested in Philadelphia while preaching outside of a "gay pride" celebration event. Jim Lymon, a New York evangelist, and Pennsylvania pastors Jim Grove, Stephen Garisto, and Michael Marcavage were arrested last July and charged with disorderly conduct and defiant trespass while evangelizing on a public street outside of "PrideFest" -- an annual homosexual, bisexual, and transgendered event. The day-long event featured various activities, including the sale of pornographic materials, public nudity, and open lewdness. Marcavage says all four ministers cooperated with police but were arrested simply for preaching the gospel. "There was no...

QUESTION: Do Christians and Preachers who use other bibles "hate God." ANSWER: No, although some may abhor the thought of being in subjection to "a Book."

IRAQ AND THE LIBERAL NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES VISIT J. Grant Swank, Jr., POB l984, Windham ME 04062 Pastor, New Hope Church, Windham ME They were there for only four days — four days to do research on an entire country’s spiritual, political and psychological state? Four days? One can hardly get off and on a plane with meals and rest in between in four days? Maybe visit a zoo or take in a sunset; but stay only four days in a country and then leave it as experts in the field? Such hubris. And that’s only for starters. There’s...

QUESTION: Aren't there some great men who use other versions? Answer: Yes, but they are all in subjection to the perfect Bible.