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2006 News Archive |
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April 2006 |
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April 3 |
Christian leaders warn Israel
against unilateral withdrawals
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‘Non-mainline’ Protestant churches
gaining membership in United States |
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April 5 |
Earth Day resources available
Materials for April 23 focus on damage
hurricanes wrought along Gulf Coast |
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Remembering James E. Andrews (photo)
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April 7 |
Sudanese ex-slave registers protest
by walking from New York to Washington
Arrives at the Capital just before
House vote on emergency bill |
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Seminary news
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Sudanese remember long-lost kin,
share in a special kind of resurrection
Des Moines pastor has flock that
worships, grieves in many languages
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April 10 |
For Palestinian Christians, anxiety
casts a pall over the Easter season
Tour buses are back, but politics
keeps Bethlehem residents on edge
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CBS special will highlight
religious views on immigration
PC(USA) included as backer of campaigns
to improve the lot of migrant farm workers
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Catholics, Pentecostals included
in new
association of U.S. churches
Christian Churches Together bills itself as 'most inclusive' ecumenical group
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Young Liberians traumatized by war
find hope, and purpose, at the YMCA
Presbyterian disaster aid helps heal wounds —
mental and emotional — of former child soldiers |
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April 11 |
Assembly leaders named
Commissioners, GA business
to be divided among 16 committees |
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April 12 |
NMD director's mother
makes $20,000 gift to MIJHH
Racial-ethnic angle is apt for donation
in memory of Rev. Curtis Kearns Sr.
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Supporting Iraqi Christian refugees
A Lenten missionary letter from Jordan
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Notes about people |
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April 13 |
Moderator visits 'resurrection church'
Ufford-Chase finds vibrant, growing
Presbyterian congregations in Cuba
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GA commissioners listed
Governing body meeting in Birmingham
will include 534 voters plus advisors
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WMD: Haiti traffic is stop-&-go
Says missionaries may return,
but risk is too great for mission groups
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Students reconsider invitation
to ex-president of Colombia
Andres Pastrana may or may not be
commencement speaker at Sterling College
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It takes a village
Presbyterians to provide housing
for young Hurricane Katrina volunteers
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U.S. evangelical groups
establish pro-Israel lobby
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April 17 |
Rev. William Sloane Coffin,
Protestant activist icon, dies at 81
Rose to prominence in 1960s
as Yale chaplain, anti-war protester
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Assembly will act on more than 130 overtures
Task force, ordination standards,
divestment action top packed agenda
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April 18 |
Tripped up
U.S. travel restrictions hamstring
partnerships, Cuban Presbyterians say
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Decisions near on budget cuts, layoffs
PC(USA) leaders trying to trim $9.15 million
from spending blueprint 'in a pastoral manner'
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April 19 |
Wilmore honored as 'distinguished writer'
Presbyterian Writers Guild recognizes
denomination's African-American scholar
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April 20 |
Electrical fire disrupts
Presbyterian Center operations
Bailey says work will return
to normal within 24 hours |
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For urban churches, the sky’s the limit
Congregations strike it rich
by selling ‘air rights’ over buildings |
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Clerk issues statement on suicide bombing
Kirkpatrick: Attack is ‘a grim reminder
of the violence that undermines peace |
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Deciphering the Da Vinci Code
Biblical scholar Ken Bailey will plumb
book/movie mysteries at GA media lunch |
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Pastrana cancels Sterling College speech
Students had raised questions
about Colombia's human-rights record |
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April 21 |
Schoolgirls stoned by Israeli settlers
Crowd of young men attacks group
of students, accompaniers in Hebron |
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April 25 |
Anne Lamott sheds light on seeing the light
Born-again Presbyterian author is on tour, peddling Plan B |
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1,300 attend memorial service
for Rev. William Sloane Coffin
Longtime civil-rights, anti-war activist
remembered as 'the man of paradox' |
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April 26 |
For 3rd year running, PNS named
country's top religious news service
Presbyterians Today, Noticias also
among winners in church-press competition
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West Bank Christians targeted
in spate of unexplained fire-bombings |
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Methodist membership drops — for the 36th year in a row |
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More than 20,000 attend party
on Pentecostalism's 100th birthday
'We're expecting a revival, the greatest in history' |
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PC(USA) group is getting
first-hand look at Israel/Palestine
Presbytery teams will look for future ministry opportunities |
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April 27 |
GAC considering proposed budget cuts
Reductions exceed $9 million; layoffs due Monday |
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William P. Thompson, Presbyterian
and ecumenical leader, dies at 87
'Stately clerk' had long and distinguished career
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WCC protests settlers' violence
against Christian volunteers in Hebron |
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Moderator urges GAC to seek
task force on Middle East issues
Ufford-Chase proposes 'effort to listen
to one another and seek a solid consensus' |
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April 28 |
GAC approves suggestion
of task force on Israel/Palestine
Group would 'develop guidance' on church policy in embattled region |
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April 29 |
Some find GAC budget-cut process irksome
Exclusion from meetings raises ire
of corresponding and at-large members |
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Council adopts budget of $97.3 million
GAC asks for review of PC(USA)'s
evangelism and witness programs |
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