Religion-related fraud getting worse
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Randall W. Harding sang in the choir at Crossroads Christian Church in Corona, Calif., and donated part of his conspicuous wealth to its ministries. In his business dealings, he underscored his faith by naming his investment firm JTL, or "Just the Lord." Pastors and churchgoers alike entrusted their money to him.
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To stem losses in church membership, spiritual leaders search for better ways to explain awful events such as 9/11 and the Virginia Tech massacre.
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas  - A run of best-selling books belittling religious belief are a secular backlash that highlights the success of Christianity, Southern Baptist leaders and theologians said at a conference.
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Membership in Wiccan, Deity, Druid and Pagan sects has been skyrocketing -- up from an unregistered blip in 1990 to more than 350,000 as of 2001.
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Â·  Survey calls for churches to work with policeÂ·   Clergy can be 'honest brokers' for young people
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The Archbishop of Canterbury's Sharia law comments attract criticism from senior Anglicans.
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Mitt Romney said Saturday that criticism of his Mormon religion by rival GOP presidential campaigns is happening too frequently.
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Comment is free: Giles Fraser: Uniting in homophobia, the Anglican church has delivered another blow to the battle against global religious fascism.
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The collision of Saudi missionary work and suspicions of terrorist financing in San Diego illustrates the perils and provocations of a multibillion-dollar effort by Saudi Arabia to spread its religion around the world.
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By Joe Rodriguez, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Jun. 7--Many Wichita-area religious leaders are stepping up their  campaign to share their casino opposition with their congregations and the  community.
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Christian symbols are being denigrated over Christmas says a leader of the Catholic Church of England and Wales.
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Pope Benedict XVI's reference to dark aspects in Islam's history also has opened up another type of backlash for his church: fresh examinations of its past as conqueror, inquisitor and patron of missionaries whose zeal sometimes led to conflict with other faiths.
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Religious segregation is expanding from places of worship to neighborhoods, schools, and workplaces.
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The author of a new book talks about recent battles in court over church and state
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Religious freedom conditions have worsened in insurgency-wracked Iraq as well as Egypt, while communist China has embarked on a crackdown on foreign missionaries ahead of the Olympics, the US government warned in a report Friday.
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MEMBERS of a church are to debate the ethics of running raffles and tombolas at church fetes.   Some members of the United Reformed Church in Kelvedon, Essex, think that encouraging gambling sends out the wrong message.  (c) 2007 Evening Mail; Birmingham (UK).
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To help promote spiritual growth, a mood of levity invades a realm once known more for hard pews than hard laughs.