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FAITH DIGEST
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By New Voice Staff   
Monday, August 30, 2010
Jordan too polluted for baptisms? / Want quality health care? Check into a church-run hospital / Prayer binds black couples
 
Poll: Confusion about Obama’s faith, opposition to church politicking
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By Robert Marus, Associated Baptist Press   
Friday, August 20, 2010
WASHINGTON (ABP) -- A new poll released by the Pew Research Center Aug. 19 shows a sharp uptick in the percentage of Americans who are confused about President Obama’s faith. It also shows that a slight majority of Americans don’t want churches involved in politics.
 
ANALYSIS: Legal status of mosque project clear; pluralism’s status not
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By Robert Marus, Associated Baptist Press   
Thursday, August 19, 2010

WASHINGTON (ABP) -- One thing is settled in the controversy over building an Islamic cultural center near the former World Trade Center site in New York: There is no legal impediment to the facility rising there.

But, say experts in law, religious liberty and Islam, the strong emotions and rhetoric nonetheless surrounding the project suggest Islam’s role in the United States may be the latest battle front in an increasingly diverse society’s culture wars. Several political leaders have repeatedly attacked attempts to build the 13-story Islamic cultural center.

 
Judge throws out Missouri funeral protest law aimed at extremist church
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By Bob Allen, Associated Baptist Press   
Thursday, August 19, 2010
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (ABP) -- A federal judge ruled Aug. 16 that a Missouri law banning protests at or near funerals is unconstitutional.
 
Hispanic evangelicals urge GOP not to alienate Latinos over immigration
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By Robert Marus, Associated Baptist Press   
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
WASHINGTON (ABP) -- Leaders of the nation’s largest Hispanic evangelical organization warned leaders of the Republican Party Aug. 17 that their increasingly strident rhetoric on immigration puts the party at risk of losing an entire generation of Latino voters.
 
Washington in a war of words over how to label terrorists
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By Maggie Hyde, Religion News Service   
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
WASHINGTON (RNS) -- In addition to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Obama administration is fighting on another front—a domestic war of words over how to describe the threat posed by militant Islamic terrorism.
 
Is the Tea Party unbiblical? It all depends on your perspective
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By Alfredo Garcia, Religion News Service   
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
WASHINGTON (RNS) -- When conservative broadcaster Glenn Beck warned church-goers to “run as fast as you can” if their pastors preach about “social justice,” was he also encouraging them to run from the Bible? That’s what some progressive Christian leaders are arguing.
 
FAITH DIGEST
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By Staff, Baptist Standard   
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Study reveals Amish growth / Anti-Jewish incidents continue / Priest in doghouse after canine communion
 
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As students return to classes at historically Baptist colleges and universities this fall, the institution of Baptist higher education is in a state of flux from challenges that include finances, changing demographics and fragmentation of Baptist denominations. [Read More] ...

Read these stories developed in collaboration with our New Voice Media Group partners:
• Christian higher education not spared from recession's impact
• Baptist higher education traces a long tradition

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Coverage of the Baptist World Congress

bwa.jpg Baptists from around the globe gathered in Honolulu July 28-Aug. 1 for the Baptist World Alliance's once-every-five-year World Congress and committed themselves to sharing Christ and practicing social justice. Read our complete coverage here.

• ANALYSIS: BWA leaders see future of increasing diversity, emaphasis on justice and development
• Virginia's John Upton elected BWA president for next 5 years
• Vietnamese Baptists join BWA following Council vote
• South Africa to host continent's first Baptist World Congress in 2015
• U.S. denies visas to about 1,000 hoping to attend Congress
• BWAid leader reflects on 20 years of ministry in relief and development
• World Baptists honor Denton Lotz for human rights advocacy
• Women combat poverty, abuse by walking in the Spirit
• North American Baptists examine series of 'shifts'

• Changes occur when church is empowered, says Lance Watson
• Listen to the Spirit, receive the Spirit's anointing, Coffey says
• If Jesus needed the Spirit, then so do Christians today, say U.S. pastor
• Faithful preachers proclaim God's message without fear, Jamaican Baptist insists
• Liberation should mark Christianity's mission and ministry, says educator
• Holy Spirit transforms individuals,community, creation, African says
• Christians must liberate and be liberated, seminarian tells BWA
• Preach Good News, proclaim freedom, seminary president urges

• Religious persecution crosses faith lines, say advocates for freedom
• Science vs. religion? It's an unnecessary battle, say panelists
• Mission demands local strategies, global vision, panelists assert
• Christianity's relation to culture is a matter of spiritual discernment, say Baptists
• Focus group explores ethics of tourism
• Christians commanded to love Muslim neighbors, panel insists

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