Minorities prop up church-going
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The decline in church congregations has been slowed by people from ethnic minorities, according to a survey.
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By The Blade, Toledo, Ohio  Sep. 24--The pulpit is a powerful place. It is a place where ministers speak across religions and denominations to issues affecting their congregations, their communities, and their faiths.
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The Republican presidential candidate tries to assuage thousands of conservative Christians that he is one among them.
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Threats against churches and prayer meetings in eastern states have risen in recent weeks.
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WENZHOU, China -- A new breed of churches in this region of China has demonstrated a boldness and independence unmatched elsewhere in the country, despite strict government guidelines for places of worship. Nothing illustrated the boldness of Zhejiang's Christians more clearly than the hasty... Hu...
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In South Carolina, a state where religion counts for Democrats, it's not unusual for community leaders to have two titles Â Rev. and Rep.
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Â· Minister turns to sporting youth to pack pews  Â· Plywood ramp replaces pulpit as focal point
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BAGHDAD -- During Christmases past, Iraqi Christians crowded into the Virgin Mary Church on Karada Street, jovial congregants young and old spilling out noisily onto the sidewalk to celebrate Mass. Even last year, the first Christmas in the shaky postwar era, the pews were nearly filled to their 800-person capacity.
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For months, Republican presidential candidates such as Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee and John McCain have courted evangelical Christians, meeting with religious leaders throughout the Midwest and the South.
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When a church group put a nativity scene on public property, officials warned it might open the door to other religious &#151; and not-so-religious &#151; displays. They were right.
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As customers flock to buy brightly colored baubles and flashing lights, some church leaders hope the new interest in Christmas will lead to interest in Christianity.
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Some 20,000 are expected in Atlanta this week to show that they can work together despite political and religious divisions.
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Now that it is often treated like a  maligned minority, the Roman Catholic Church in Western Europe  has decided to start acting like one too.
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A growing number of Protestant evangelists raise a joyful Yes! But the idea is poison to other, more mainstream pastors
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Some Muslim congregations are seeking native imams who can discuss issues that seem relevant to young people.
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LONDON-- More than 5,000 Catholics attend Masses every Sunday at Our Lady Mother of the Church, packing the old stone church so completely that loudspeakers were  recently installed outside so the overflow crowd can hear.
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The Democratic front runners are leading their party's crusade to win over religious voters