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Behind the billboard: Signs are man’s message to motorists
WILDWOOD, Mo. — There’s no phone number on the billboards. No address. Not even an exit to turn off the highway. Only the name “JESUS” emblazoned in giant, block letters, like a cowboy’s prize belt...

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An alternative to haunted houses
A Christian alternative to secular haunted houses, Judgement Houses have become increasingly more common in the area. Judgement House is a Clearwater, Fla.-based organization that oversees all i...

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South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu reacts with others inside a church during his book launch in the city of Cape Town, South Africa, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011. South Africa's Archbishop Desmond Tutu is celebrating his 80th birthday with a new book of photographs, tributes and biography. Thursday's release of "Tutu: The Authorized Portrait," comes a day before the anti-apartheid hero's birthday. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)

South Africa’s Tutu celebrates 80th birthday with new book
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — South Africa’s Archbishop Desmond Tutu is celebrating his 80th birthday with a new book of photographs, tributes and biography. Thursday’s release of “Tutu: The Author...

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Heartland Worship Center missionaries relax during a mission trip to Uganda earlier this month.

Local church fulfills lofty mission goals
Three continents in three months: that’s Heartland Worship Center’s mission plan this fall. The first mission team returned from Uganda two weeks ago. The second team will leave for Myanmar in s...

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Michael Catt (left), pastor of Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Ga., introduces Mt. Zion Baptist Church pastor Daniel Simmons during Sherwood's annual ReFRESH conference on Sept. 21. The ministers and their congregations have forged a friendship, and often hold joint worship services.

Multi-ethnic churches still rare
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — As a young white minister, Michael Catt said he was fired from a Mississippi church for quoting Martin Luther King Jr. He never forgot it. “Getting fired ... was really a pivo...

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ND president protests birth control inclusion
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul should be changed so that religious school’s such as the University of Notre Dame aren’t required to go against their beliefs and pr...

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Families worshiping together gain support
She sat in her mother’s lap like a little princess in her full-skirt white dress. Her mother and father were center stage in the church, gazing at her with deep love and sweet pride. The congregati...

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Religion News in Brief
Swiss consider new ban BERN, Switzerland — Swiss lawmakers are considering a ban on wearing face-covering veils in some public situations. Switzerland’s lower house of parliament voted 101-7...

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Church calendar
FELLOWSHIP Pentecostal Tabernacle, 16235 Ky. 45 S., Water Valley, 5 p.m. Saturday, fish fry. $6 for adults, $4 for children. Children age 4 and younger eat free. Hamburgers and chips: $4. Hot do...

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Group encourages clergy to get healthy
AKRON, Ohio — The Rev. Mark Ford was offended when a few of his fellow clergy insinuated he should do something about his weight and stop burning the candle at both ends. “I got mad and I though...

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