EDITORIAL: Does Church Have Place on Main Street?
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By The Sun, Yuma, Ariz.  Jun. 15--Is there room for a church in the mix of activities in downtown Yuma? That's a question that is being raised in the wake of the purchase of the old JCPenney building at 354 S. Main St. by the Centro Familiar Cristiano Buenas Nuevas church.
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Even in an era of mass immigration that has produced suburban tamale shops alongside halal meat markets and created a market for television programming in Hindi and Arabic, places of worship remain bastions of racial and ethnic uniformity. And that makes the case of one brick church in Springfield...
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By Doug Smith, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Dec. 15--south charlotte When a sign announcing a new development appears in front of a wooded tract, curiosity is sure to follow.   The one across from Calvary Church on N.C. 51 near Rea Road in south Charlotte is a perfect example.
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By Michael Newsom, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Jun. 21--LONG BEACH -- A plan to waive portions of rebuilding permit fees for churches and other nonprofit groups has stirred hot debate.
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By Matt Sabo, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  Feb. 21--YORK -- Since 1973, Rev. Dorothy Moore and members of her congregation have planted flowers and trees and mowed the grounds of a historic tract of land home to the crumbled foundational remains of Old Charles Parish Church.
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For a growing number of churches, the boundary between sacred space and marketplace is coming down.
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By James Fuller Daily Herald Staff Writer  It's the "front door" to Wheaton.
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The Roman Catholic Church wants to build a new church in Guisborough and have chosen to build it on the playground of St Paulinus School on the Avenue. The school site is small and this church is huge.   The plans were refused by the planning committee for a few reasons.
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By Steve Maynard, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Mar. 3--What the founders of Calvary Lutheran Church thought would be a country parish when Dwight D. Eisenhower was the new president has become a congregation near the heart of Federal Way's downtown core.
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By The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Jun. 17--Dedication ceremonies for public buildings do not usually produce headlines. After all, by the time the ribbon is cut, the building itself is usually old news, having been under consideration and construction for years.
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By Beth Velliquette, The Herald-Sun, Durham, N.C.  Jun.
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&quot;Bethlehem should be a free city. It is a symbol of peace, a symbol for all the Christian world and all humanity.&quot;. Praying for peace ... Christian pilgrims visit the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. However
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By TOM BREEN  ST. ALBANS, W.Va. - Christ is missing from Christmas in this small town. The community's holiday display has a manger with shepherds, a guiding star, camels and a palm tree, but no baby Jesus, Mary or Joseph.
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By Jared Turner jared.turner@roanoke.com 381-1643  The Rev. Gary Schroeder wasn't sure whether a faith discussion group at Luther Memorial Lutheran Church in Blacksburg would draw interest in the summer.
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By Henry J. Waters III, Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo.  Sep. 22--Folks are in a snit about a rezoning request by not-for-profit Covenant Community Development Corp. for an area near the corner of Sexton Road and North Garth Avenue.
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By Paul Garber, Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.  May 31--LEWISVILLE   The Rev. Robert C. Evans' career journey has led him to churches big and small in North Carolina. He has helped start two congregations in this state and Virginia.
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By Nick G. Maheras, High Point Enterprise, N.C.  Jun. 12--HIGH POINT -- The city's biggest church, as well as its largest Baptist assembly, has called a new senior pastor.   The Rev. Dr. Darryl L.