Posts Tagged ‘University’
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Ethnic America summit focus: Mission on our doorsteps
By Bill Bray Special Correspondent, ASSIST News Service (ANS) – As many as 700 ethnic American missionaries and pastors from 75 denominations are converging here next week for the 12th Annual Ethnic Ministries Summit star...
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Non-physicians allowed to perform abortions in California
The California Senate voted last week to pass a bill allowing non-physicians to perform aspiration abortions. Senate Bill 623, introduced by Christine Kehoe (D-San Diego), extends a program run by the University of California, ...
Arts & Culture
Ancient synagogue discovered in Galilee excavations
A monumental synagogue building dating to the Late Roman period (ca. 4th-5thcenturies C.E.) has been discovered in archaeological excavations at Huqoq in Israel's Galilee.
Arts & Culture
Miss America has a faith-based platform for kids of prisoners
AUSTIN, Tex. (RNS) Laura Kaeppeler has a fantasy gig: traveling nonstop, wearing stylish new outfits each day and attracting TV crews in every city she visits as Miss America 2012. M300o93H7pQ09L8X1t49cHY01Z5j4TT91fGfr Miss Am...
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Pakistani Christian soldiers lay down their lives to protect their homeland
The Pakistan Army has declared that all of the 139 soldiers buried alive by an avalanche at a high-altitude camp in the Siachen sector of Pakistan, as “shuhada” (martyrs).
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Supreme Court decision on religion upends campus religious groups
When the Supreme Court ruled that a Christian student group could only be recognized at a small public law school if it accepted non-Christians and gays as potential leaders, some lawyers and campus advocates grew nervous.
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Mitt Romney heads to Liberty University to woo evangelicals
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, who struggled to gain the support of evangelicals during the primaries, will deliver a commencement address Saturday at Liberty University, one of the largest Christian u...
Arts & Culture
Bart Ehrman’s new portrayal of Jesus is surprisingly sympathetic
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (RNS) For years, nonbelievers rejoiced at the publication of a new book by New Testament scholar Bart Ehrman, relishing the professor's pugnacious attacks on the cherished beliefs of evangelical Christians. M...
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Judge rules for breakaway church in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS (RNS) Wading into sensitive church-state territory, a Missouri judge has ruled in favor of an independent-minded Catholic church that claims ownership of its property and autonomy from the Archdiocese of St. Loui...
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Court says student’s faith may have led to expulsion
A counseling student who declined to advise a gay client might have been expelled from her university because of her faith, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday (Jan. 27). Citing her evangelical Christian religion, Julea War...