Church&#39;s founder remembered for his community leadership
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The Rev. Donald R. Herren, who founded Southern Hills United Methodist Church in Lexington, where he was pastor for 39 years, died Friday night of cancer.
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Cardinal James Aloysius Hickey, 84, a champion of orthodoxy in church dogma and a compassionate shepherd of the area&#39;s half million Roman Catholics while head of the Washington Archdiocese
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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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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah  - The head of the Mormon church, Gordon B. Hinckley, died on Sunday at the age of 97, church officials said.
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On the same day the nation honored the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the first black leader of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops was installed Monday as archbishop in King's native city.
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More than 2,000 people crowded Ebenezer Baptist Church on Monday to honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s commitment to peace and equality and note the importance of his legacy in this election year
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By Colette M. Jenkins, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio  Dec. 16--The congregation at First Presbyterian Church of Akron wants to be known as the church with a heart for the city.  "We realize that the mission field is right at our door," the Rev. Mark Ruppert said.
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By Paul Sand, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Feb. 5--It was the intersection of religious celebration and community activism.
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Gordon Hinckley, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or Mormons, dies, aged 97.
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An evangelical church in Tysons Corner, Va., is growing beyond its 13,000 worshippers and $93 million campus, following the trend of modern megachurches.
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The portrait of Ken Bigley, who was murdered in Iraq October 7, stands in front of the congregation during a service at Liverpool&#39;s Roman Catholic Cathedral on October 10.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. _ The pastor of a Gastonia, N.C., church dealing with a controversy over a recent blackface performance reassured his congregation Sunday that their difficulties will make them stronger.  The Rev. Thomas Holbrooks Jr.
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By Reading Eagle, Pa.  Feb. 3--As the Reading Berks Conference of Churches observes its 60th anniversary this year, the organization's executive director, the Rev. Calvin Kurtz, has a vision in which those who benefit from the organization's ministries minister to others in turn.
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If leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hold with tradition, the next president of the church will be a soft-spoken World War II veteran with a love for telling stories.
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Gordon B. Hinckley, the president and prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, led Mormonism through a period of global expansion.
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By KELLI KENNEDY  LADY LAKE, Fla. - Tornado survivors and their supporters turned out for a Sunday service at a church that was demolished in the killer storms that ripped through central Florida, remembering the victims while trying to stay optimistic about the long recovery ahead.
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By Hurst Laviana, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Sep. 10--About 300 people rallied outside the Episcopal Social Services building Saturday as the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas offered his support for the imperiled charity.