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Beloved hymns carried King through troubled times
At 87, the Rev. C.T. Vivian can still recall the moment, decades after the height of the civil rights movement. As he stood to conclude a meeting in his Atlanta home, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. joined his activist colleagu...
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Christian leaders ask Obama to protect programs for the poor
A group of Christian leaders met recently with President Barack Obama and White House staff to appeal for protection for the poor and hungry, even as the government continues with its ongoing debate over the budget. The Christi...
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Episcopal Church supports bill that calls for college for illegals
The Episcopal Church expressed recently its support for a measure that will facilitate access to higher education to undocumented youths in the U.S. Bishop David C. Jones of Virginia represented the Episcopal Church at a press ...
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Most evangelical leaders believe tithing is not a biblical requirement
A survey of Evangelical leaders showed recently that most of the respondents don’t believe that the bible requires that Christians tithe. The February Evangelical Leaders Survey, conducted by the National Association of Evangel...
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Hispanic community can drive the U.S. Christian movement forward
The Hispanic community has the potential to drive the Christian movement forward in the U.S. Recent findings from the Census Bureau showed that the U.S. Hispanic population is the fastest growing ethnic group in the U.S. today,...
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Martin Luther King Jr.’s daughter won’t lead group her father founded
Martin Luther King Jr.’s daughter announced recently that she will not lead the organization that her father co-founded. Rev. Bernice King, daughter of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., declined to lead Southern Christian Leadership...
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Hispanic Christians, Obama discuss immigration reform
Leaders from America’s largest Hispanic Christian organizations met recently with President Barack Obama to discuss immigration reform. The leaders who met Obama came from the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, ...