Pendleton Park Church Property Draws Interest: Local Religious Leaders Hoping to Buy or Lease Building
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By Allen Essex, Valley Morning Star, Harlingen, Texas  Sep. 5--HARLINGEN -- The chance to buy a ready-to-use church building in a choice location has drawn interest from more than a half dozen church leaders since a Valley Morning Star story "Death Of A Church" was published Aug. 20.
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Religious segregation is expanding from places of worship to neighborhoods, schools, and workplaces.
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A desire to exercise stewardship over the environment is growing among evangelical Christians.
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By Destin Log, Fla.  Feb. 3--One of the ways to measure the health of a community and the vitality of its residents is to look at its churches.  Churches that are new and modern and comfortable and have venues for lots of activities are good signs.
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By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Sep. 16--CHAPEL HILL -- Plans for a downtown giving kiosk have hit another snag.   A committee formed to develop plans for the kiosk has suggested spending the money instead on an educational campaign to fight panhandling.
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By Darla L. Pickett, Kennebec Journal, Augusta, Maine  Feb. 3--SKOWHEGAN -- About 70 acres north of Coburn Avenue that were  destined for a housing development are being purchased by a local land trust.
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By JAMES MINTON  ST. FRANCISVILLE - The owners of four tracts for a proposed large- scale development near Lake Rosemound joined Thursday in a lawsuit attacking the project.  A hearing is scheduled Jan. 3 in the lawsuit that adjoining landowners James D. and Laurel B.
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By Christian Hill, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Sep. 22--LACEY -- The city and a private landowner are poised to unite in an effort to turn hundreds of acres of vacant land in Hawks Prairie into a vibrant community center.
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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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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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Â·  Survey calls for churches to work with policeÂ·   Clergy can be 'honest brokers' for young people
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A new church building in Houston has become the focal point of what some architects are calling a revival of traditional religious architecture in the United States.
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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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By Andrew Brophy, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport  Jun. 23--FAIRFIELD -- Sacred Heart University has apparently entered into a contract to buy 4.25 acres at Park Avenue and Jefferson Street, where developers wanted to build 78 condominiums last spring.
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BARTOW, Fla. - When a church group put a nativity scene on public property, officials warned it might open the door to other religious - and not-so-religious - displays. They were right.
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By Doug Smeath Deseret Morning News  A candidate for Salt Lake City mayor is questioning whether The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints belongs in the downtown renovation business.
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MOSCOW -- Last May, Maria Paphiti, an icons specialist at Christie's auction house in London, was invited to inspect some religious paintings on wood that were among the contents of a building recently bought by an English family. The artworks had been found wrapped in plastic, and the building's...