Springfield Church Welcomes Many Nations Under God
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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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Established by immigrants and self-governed by a lay board that manages its assets, St. Stanislaus Kostka Catholic Church has been a place where Polish-Americans in St. Louis have nurtured their faith for 125 years.
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This story is one of many featured on RFE/RL's new Religion And Tolerance webpage, which highlights examples of religious tolerance in our broadcast region.
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MOSCOW, Jul 18 (IPS) - For more than a century, the Church of Jesus Christ  of Latter-Day Saints has been struggling to establish itself in  the former Soviet republics and parts of Eastern Europe.
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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.
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With riveting cadence, the pastor quotes from the book of Acts &#151; assurance from the apostle Paul that only through tribulation might disciples enter the kingdom of heaven.
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DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania -- Leaders of the world's 77 million Anglicans opened a crucial meeting yesterday as the church struggles to reconcile Scripture and homosexuality, with the American wing coming under increasing pressure to reconsider its liberal stance on gays.
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The leaders want their faith to be enshrined as the national religion, governing marriage, divorce and family inheritance.
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An influx of immigrants and refugees to Clarkston, Ga., sparked a battle within one church that led it to change not just its name but its mission.
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By Sarah N. Lynch, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz.  Jun. 2--A high-profile Mesa church that grabbed headlines several years ago for the construction of its unusual monolithic domes is seeking to expand its walls once again.
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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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By David Yonke, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio  Jun. 9--Pilgrim Church, which quit the United Church of Christ last year because of theological differences that reached a boiling point over homosexuality, has joined the National Association of Congregational Christian Churches.
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Christians around the world have begun celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, with observances marking Christmas Eve. In Bethlehem, the town of Jesus&#39;s birth, Israel has relaxed travel restrictions
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As Christianity begins to reshape the nation, TIME learns new details about a crackdown on one church
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Church, often as not, is the place to speak of the ethereal, the unseen and untouchable. During the 10:30 am service at Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, Dr.
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By Frances Grandy Taylor  There was a time when you had to attend a church to listen to the weekly sermon, or become a regular member to hear a choir whose music you really love. These days, thanks to iPod, you don't have to actually be there.
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WINDHAM, N.H., Jan. 6 -- A pastor from Texas was scheduled to deliver the sermon Sunday at a church here called the Crossing.