Clergy ethics question raised over Holy Land tours
Clergy run Holy Land tours face criticism for using influence to recruit travelers and profit from fees. Church scholar Ansgar Sovik calls it a scandal, while travel firms like Wholesale Tours International offer ministers incentives to recruit groups, with ministers sometimes profiting from traveler fares.
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Religious TV specials set for NBC in Bicentennial year
A group of hour-long NBC specials titled UNDER GOD will be presented by four religious bodies NBC with National Council of Churches Southern Baptist Convention Jewish Theological Seminary of America and United States Catholic Conference. The eight programs are spread across January February spring early summer fall with three in January February two in spring two in early summer and one in fall. Washington Supreme Court refuses to hear case over First Presbyterian Church Rock Hill South Carolina property fight leaving the building with the loyal minority who refused to leave the parent denomination.
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Psalm 127 Guidance On Rest And Family Blessings
A biblical excerpt from Psalm 127 emphasizes reliance on the Lord for success, rest, and protection. It describes children as blessings and a nation as secured by divine aid, contrasting human labor with divine support and warning against excessive toil without trust.
Pittsfield Dedicates Memorial Bell Tower at Church
Pittsfield will dedicate a memorial bell tower tomorrow at 11 a.m. at Pittsfield United Church of Christ. The bell salvaged from the Congregational Church, destroyed by a Palm Sunday tornado in 1965, was funded by donations in memory of tornado victims and fund-raising efforts. It will ring for the first time at the Christmas Eve service.
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