Religious groups resist welfare reform role demand
A Maryland coalition of Catholic and Protestant groups says they will not provide transportation or child care as demanded by welfare reform proposals. Church leaders call the plan dehumanizing and say government should not dump responsibilities on faith communities. The move is part of a broader national church protest against shifting welfare duties.
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Annapolis
Douglas Miles
Baltimore
Koinonia Baptist Church
Jo Ann Villademoros
Our Lady of Mercy
Potomac
Maryland
Catholic Archdiocese of
Stanley Carson- Thies
Center For Public Justice
Shepherds and Kings at the Holy Christmas Morning
Poem recounts the nativity with a birth marked by a guiding star. Kings and shepherds travel to the manger to worship the Christ child as angels proclaim the holy event. The scene centers on a bright infant lying in a sweet place, a beacon of light.
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Christ
Division in mainline Protestant churches poses choice for long-time adherents
In 1948 David and Jean Leu Stanley chose Wesley United Methodist in Muscatine Iowa, a decision framed by a widening rift in mainline Protestantism. The piece outlines four camps among orthodox and progressive members, driven by bishops and seminaries, and notes declines in membership while some stay to preserve tradition.
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David
Jean Leu Stanley
Methodist
Presbyterian Church
Wesley United Methodist
Muscatine
Iowa
David Stanley
United Methodist
America
United Methodists
University of Virginia
James Davison Hunter
Area Religion News highlights going ons and events
The section lists The Home Coming at Victory Christian Center on Dec 29 at 6 pm from World Wide Pictures, The Justification Singers at Lewistown Full Gospel Church Dec 28 at 7 30 pm, a Biblical Creation series at Grace Brethren Frederick starting Jan 5 through March 16, and a New Year’s Eve Watchnight at Frederick Worship Center from 10 pm to 7 am with worship, messages, prayer, and breakfast.
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Victory Christian Center
Edgewood Church Rd
World Wide Pictures
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
Call
Justification Singers
Full Gospel Pentecostal Church
Lewistown
Little Chapel On the Hill
Grace Brethren Church
Old National Pike
Frederick
Dies Dane
Mt. St. Helen's
Indian Springs Road
Race and religion in 1996 top religion stories list
The RNA named the 1996 church fires as the year’s top religion story amid debates on racism and media intensity. Cardinal Bernardin’s death and work to bridge Catholic divides followed, with eight other items including Promise Keepers and Interfaith Alliance efforts and aging Christian icons.
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Religion Newswriters Association of America
RNA
Chicago
Joseph Bernardin
United States
Bernardin
Promise Keepers Movement
Eyee
Eee Edge Mee Ieny
The
Christian Coalition
0 Sive Evangelicals
Interfaith Alliance
John Paul 1
Mother Teresa
Billy Graham
Benjamin Netanyahu
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Scripps Howard News Service
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Center For Democratic Renewal
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Frederick, WD
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Woodsboro
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Church St
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Emporium Antiques
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Everedy Square
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Thurmont
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