Churches Invest in Downtown Dallas
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By Sam Hodges, The Dallas Morning News  Sep. 16--The dedication of a gleaming new church building is no big deal in suburban Dallas. Downtown, though, it's almost as rare as real wine in a Baptist communion.
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By J.B. Smith, Waco Tribune-Herald, Texas  Dec. 19--The Waco City Council is poised today to offer an estimated $2  million in prime downtown land and $1.5 million in garage parking for a  project to replace the asphalt void around City Hall with housing, offices,  restaurants and shops.
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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 CRAIG BROWN CHURCH congregations could be given help to go green after the Kirk agreed to look at giving financial help to install renewable energy sources.
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By KELLI KENNEDY  LADY LAKE, Fla. - Though Elden Jefferson's concrete block home had suffered roof and wall damage that needed his attention, he and his wife felt the need to go to church - what was left of it.
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In an alley near a Philippines church, "miracles" of love are being bought and sold.
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The 16 churches the Archdiocese of Boston put up for sale this week are worth about $28 million, according to local tax assessors.
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Now your mutual fund can have religious principles, too.
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Though Elden Jefferson's concrete block home had suffered roof and wall damage that needed his attention, he and his wife felt the need to go to church &#151; what was left of it.
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The seedy commercial strip with the liquor store and carryout deli was once anchored by a pharmacy. A Baptist congregation worships in the neighborhood's former Safeway. The Spic N Span market on the corner closed years ago, and the bakery that perfumed the air with the aroma of fresh bread is now a...
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By Terrence Stutz, The Dallas Morning News  May 24--AUSTIN -- Impoverished inner-city neighborhoods would receive new protections when they are targeted for redevelopment under legislation adopted Wednesday by the Senate that imposes new requirements on eminent-domain projects.
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By DEBRA DOMINGUEZ-LUND Journal Staff Writer  Bernie Moraga's mission is grand: to start 400 Hispanic Baptist churches in the United States within seven years.
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SonRise Community Church had been operating without a building for nearly a decade when Pastor Jeff Arington saw the perfect property: an old restaurant on the outskirts of Cincinnati, Ohio.
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By Roger Harris, The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Tenn.  Feb. 21--DOWNTOWN SITES DRAW ATTENTION: Visualize new Class A office  space rising from the grassy slope where the News Sentinel building once stood  at the corner of Church Avenue and State Street.
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By Glenn Gamboa, Newsday, Melville, N.Y.  Feb. 16--Beneath a stained glass window at Judson Memorial Church and a Bible etched in neon, Arcade Fire stood in the dark, "ooh"-ing and "ahhh"-ing beautifully, ministering to the gathered faithful.   The moment seemed only fitting.
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By Cami Joner, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.  May 24--Vancouver-based New Heights Church plans to -purchase the Columbia Arts Center for $1.4 million and use the downtown building as a satellite church for its growing congregation.
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By Paul Sand, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Feb. 5--It was the intersection of religious celebration and community activism.