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Salt Lake City to Host Women of the ELCA Gathering and Convention, July 8-13 (Popularity:  )
The Seventh Triennial Gathering of Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) will bring together about 1,900 women July 10-13 at the Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City. The event theme, "Come to the Waters," focuses on the celebration of Baptism through Bible study, speakers, community, service and worship.
The gathering will include the following keynote speakers:
-- Joan Chittister, O.S.B., co-chair, Global Peace Initiative of Women ...
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Lutherans Responding to People Affected by Iowa Immigration Raid (Popularity: )
Members of St. Paul Lutheran Church, Postville, Iowa, are responding to the needs of people who have been affected by a May 12 federal immigration raid at a Postville meat processing plant. Hundreds of family members of those arrested have taken refuge inside St. Bridget's Catholic Church, Postville, said the Rev. Stephen P. Brackett, St. Paul Lutheran Church.
On May 12 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested 390 ...
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Lutherans Work to Meet the Needs of People in Myanmar (Popularity: )
International Disaster Response of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) provided $100,000 as an initial response to help meet the basic needs of survivors in Myanmar after Cyclone Nargis battered the Southeast Asian country May 3.
"The Myanmar government reported that nearly 22,500 people died and close to 41,000 are missing," said Dr. Belletech Deressa, director for international development and disaster response, ELCA Global Mission. These figures are only ...
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New Web Site Touts Mitt Romney for President (Popularity: )
Votingforsatan.com Features Judas Gallery of High-Profile Christians Supporting Romney’s Candidacy
The world’s leading internet evangelist has launched a new web site –
. In an attempt to educate people on what Mormons really believe, Bill Keller – who coined the infamous phrase, "a vote for Romney is a vote for Satan" – now wants to hold high-profile Christians accountable for endorsing Romney’s bid for the presidency.
“This web site is not set up ...
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Article VI Documentary Addresses Faith and Politics (Popularity: )
Living Biography Media today announced the completion of the feature documentary Article VI: Faith.Politics.America. The film is an intense discussion of the role of faith in politics. Article VI will be released January 15, 2008 on DVD, online, and in select theatres across the country.
Director Bryan Hall has been working on the project for over two years, interviewing religious leaders and scholars as well as many regular citizens not ...
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Baylor University Seeks Top Texas Family Businesses (Popularity: )
Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business has again embarked on its annual search for the best family businesses in the great state of Texas.
"Baylor University and the Entrepreneurship Center consider it a privilege to honor family-owned firms throughout the state of Texas," said J. David Allen, Director of the John F. Baugh Center for Entrepreneurship. "The family- owned firm is extremely important in the economy of the United States, ...
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Jewish, Christian and Muslim Religious Leaders Will Meet With Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to Urge Greater U.S. Support for Middle East Peace (Popularity: )
A delegation of Jewish, Christian and Muslim religious leaders will meet with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at the State Department on January 29 to support increased U.S. engagement in achieving peace in the Middle East.
Leaders who will attend the meeting include: Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, former Archbishop of Washington; Bishop Mark Hanson, Presiding Bishop, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; Bishop Katherine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop, Episcopal Church; Rev. Leighton ...
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Call for Entries for the 168 Hour Film Project - A Festival Dedicated to Illuminating the Word of God through Short Film (Popularity: )
John Ware, Founder and President of the 168 Hour Film Project (168) announced today that registration is open for the 5th annual film production contest. Under 168 competition guidelines, producers and their teams are given one week for writing and pre-production and one week (168 hours) for principal photography and editing an 11-minute movie based on an assigned Bible verse. Verse assignments will be made on February 5 for international ...
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As It Was DVD Video Series Offers A Powerful Way To Experience The Bible By Reenacting RealityTV Style Scenes On Location In Israel (Popularity: )
Youth groups, churches, home schooled students and others will be able to experience the Bible in ways never before seen. This is made possible thanks to an innovative and powerful technique of relating Bible stories from the perspective of those who lived it in the DVD series “As It Was,” offered by ZRG Productions, Inc. a film production company with offices in San Francisco, California and Tel Aviv, Israel.
“The ...
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Tsunami predicted for 1st April 2007 (Popularity: )
The teachings of Jesus show us that we must sell our possessions, give the money to the poor, then follow him; a teaching seen as foolish even by most church-going Christians. In general, people do not follow this teaching. The result is that for every person in rich Western society, there is someone in the world living on less than the equivalent of $1 (50p) a day – about a ...
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