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2005 News Archive |
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June 2005 |
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June 2 |
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Anglicans to consider Israeli divestment
Unclear how action would affect Communion's 38 provinces |
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Lutheran editor resigns to take academic post |
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June 3 |
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White House woos conservative black pastors
30 ministers sign letter endorsing 'charitable choice' |
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Peace effort in Sudan stalls
Western nations haven't come through with promised aid |
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New Presbyterian Panel to be chosen
PC(USA) researchers will enroll 3,500 to participate in quarterly surveys |
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Beyond dialogue
Interfaith group will try to blaze trail to 'peaceful coexistence' |
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Reformed-Pentecostal talks focus on discernment |
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Planned museum is media sensation
Theme-park-type attraction will back Bible story, claim all creation was just six days in the making |
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June 6 |
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Progressives hobbled by fragmentation, says Harvard theologian Harvey Cox
Onetime best-selling author adds, of evangelicals: 'Without them, we're sunk' |
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Minister's killing rocks Florida community
Murder-suicide baffles friends, colleagues of Port Orange couple |
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'It isn't happening in my church'
Many pastors are in denial about domestic abuse, family violence |
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June 8 |
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Strategic retreat
600 pastors repair to mountain resort for rest and renewal |
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Ecumenical group postpones launch
Organizers haven't been able to recruit historically black churches |
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House of real repute named for Hayman
Presbyterian minister shares California quarters with ex-prostitutes |
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Israel's 1st woman rabbi: Tolerance a hard sell
Young Jews seem to prefer fundamentalism or secularism, speaker tells WCC audience |
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New Bethlehem mayor eyes Christian revival
Roman Catholic was elected with support of Islamic militant group Hamas |
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4 out of 10 in U.S. call themselves 'evangelical'
But a much smaller percentage holds to core beliefs, polls find |
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June 10 |
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On a role
Pastor's retreat experience: a case of mistaken identity |
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Former SFTS president Ted Gill dies at 85
Teacher, author and pastor was lifelong servant of PC(USA) |
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Dialogue more than talk, Muslim scholar says
Platitudes just won't do, speaker tells WCC audience |
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June 13 |
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Mission trips to Haiti discouraged
WMD says escalating violence endangers visitors, church partners |
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June 14 |
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Child sex abuse amendments ratified
Changes prompted by Pruitt case represent a 'fundamental shift' in PC(USA) response |
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Malawi village church builds a school system
PC(USA) congregation in Indiana shares in community's dream |
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Urbane renewal
Pastors, spouses shared sense of Sabbath at retreat in Utah mountains |
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June 15 |
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Tutu welcomes 'Marshall Plan' for Africa
Would forgive $40 billion in debt, step up aid |
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Film shows 'hope and beauty' in Sudan
Just Peace gives voice to beleaguered people of the south |
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Lutheran leader in Holy Land urges tolerance
Bishop says desecration of sacred sites or scriptures is 'an abomination' |
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June 16 |
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Deathbed confession
'New Wineskins' spokesman says it's time for PC(USA) remnant to 'get our affairs in order' |
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PC(USA) magazine in spotlight
Church & Society to be featured at briefing on Social Security |
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WCC leader and pope meet, talk unity
Kobia invites Benedict to join him in seeking 'a stable place of moral clarity' |
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2 Malawi synods fight over turf
Recent incursions fan flames of decades-old 'border war' |
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Fait accompli
Schism already happened, 'Wineskins' leader says |
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Chaos engulfs Episcopal bishop in Haiti
'The situation is very bad. ... I don't see how I can encourage people to come here' |
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June 17 |
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'New Wineskins' preachers call PC(USA) to task
Chorus of international voices claims denomination has lost its way |
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College news |
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'We are often misunderstood'
Interfaith dialogue crucial, especially to minorities, Pakistani bishop says |
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June 20 |
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Loyal opposition?
80 unnamed PC(USA) congregations join in 'New Wineskins' confederation |
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June 21 |
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PC(USA) lost 43,175 members in '04
Latest statistics are 'a wake-up call' for the denomination, Kirkpatrick says |
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'A call to renewed faithfulness'
Stated clerk reflects on 2004 statistical report on the PC(USA) |
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Dubious designation
Donations with strings attached leave mission hospital in money tangle |
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June 22 |
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Filipinos mourn Cardinal Sin
Manila archbishop helped overthrow two corrupt regimes in the Philippines |
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Earthly wisdom
Conference participants see eco-justice issues through a watery lens |
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Eco-justice group celebrates 10th b(earth)day |
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Reformed Church defrocks minister
who presided at gay daughter's wedding |
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June 23 |
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A world of woes
But church and community have solutions, Ufford-Chase tells peacemakers |
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'I just breathe and go'
Presbyterian peacemaker helps Iraqi families with war-related problems |
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Activists say India making false AIDS claims
Church workers object to government claim that HIV rate is declining |
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Truth telling
South African Presbyterian says Amricans must stop believing leaders' lies |
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June 27 |
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WCC condemns mass evictions in Zimbabwe |
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June 28 |
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Overcoming fear
Healing requires transformation, speaker tells peacemakers |
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Paul Crane dies at 86
Missionary-surgeon preached ... 'with his hands' |
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Anglican council backs Israel-Palestine boycott |
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Churches hail Sri Lanka's pact with rebels on joint tsunami relief |
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June 29 |
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Christians, Muslims say Islamic law is cause of violence in Nigeria |
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Churches split as Canada moves to legalize same-sex marriage |
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PC(USA) hunger chief to attend ecumenical forum |
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Rodney Martin dies at 84
Memorial service set for July 30 in California |
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U.S. Catholic bishops extend 'zero-tolerance' policy on sex abuse by priests |
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June 30 |
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UN, NGOs told faith-based organizations crucial in AIDS fight |
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Anti-poverty campaigners pin hopes on G8 summit |
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Saying 'No' and 'Yes'
NCC letter poses counter-strategies for Iraq |
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