Rappers, Church Groups, Perform for Aid
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From Paris to Beijing, Hong Kong to London and beyond, musicians are beating the drum &#151; literally in their case &#151; for victims of the Asian tsunami with special concerts and songs. Hip-hop rhymers, classical orchestras, church choirs, punk bands, creamy-voiced crooners and others are taking up the fund-raising theme.
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Coldplay, The Darkness and Travis are set to re-record Band Aid&#39;s hit single - to raise millions for Africa&#39;s new victims of famine.
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KHARTOUM, Sudan  - Arab pop stars descended on Khartoum this week to perform concerts to aid war-torn Darfur, in a rare show of solidarity with the millions of Muslims caught in the conflict in western Sudan.
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By Karen Owen, Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky.  Jun. 24--Local churches are being recruited by a faith-based program to befriend ex-convicts and help them stay out of jail or prison.   Fresh Start for Life Inc.
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Some of the biggest stars in the music world are uniting to record a charity single for tsunami victims.
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Baptist groups are meeting to try to mend old fractures  and present a more diverse and moderate image.
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'Prosperity theology' is empowering people to help themselves out of poverty.
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Pop musicians have re-recorded the charity mega-hit "Do They Know It's Christmas?" to raise funds for African relief.
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LONDON - The founders of the charity group Band Aid plan to record and release a new version of Do They Know it&#39;s Christmas?. The 1984 single raised millions for famine relief in Africa and led to Live Aid
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A Christian ministry that helps its members pay one anotherâs medical bills won an important round in its legal battle with insurance regulators.
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Arab pop stars descended on Khartoum this week to perform concerts to aid war-torn Darfur, in a rare show of solidarity with the millions of Muslims caught in the conflict in western Sudan.
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One of several New York presentations of âAmahlâ this season was mounted at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola as part of its valuable series Sacred Music in a Sacred Space.
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The proceeds of the concerts will go for tsunami relief in India.
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Group seeks to promote development through microfinance, using open-source software.
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Young adults hear about financial empowerment from the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network.
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If it wasn't for churches and religious charities, a lot of folks would go hungry in the United States this winter. But while most churches believe in helping the poor, they take different views on how to go about it.
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The Salvation Army is feeling the pinch as it competes with a growing number of charities, including trendy causes, for donations in tough economic times.