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| President of Oral Roberts to Take Leave of Absence |
| The president of Oral Roberts University, Richard Roberts, said yesterday that he was taking an indefinite leave of absence following allegations of spending irregularities and family misconduct. |
| Source: New York Times |
| Date: 10-18-2007 |
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| New Drive Afoot to Pass Equal Rights Amendment |
Federal and state lawmakers have launched a new drive to pass the Equal Rights Amendment, reviving a feminist goal that faltered a quarter-century ago when the measure did not gain the approval of three-quarters of the state legislatures.
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| Source: Washington Post |
| Date: 03-29-2007 |
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| How to take steps toward improved accountability with church donations |
The perpetrator of a church fraud is often the person least likely to be suspected of wrongdoing, be it the pastor, secretary or other trusted official.
The problem is made worse by lax collection and accounting procedures in most churches, according to Jeremy White, a certified public accountant whose firm offers consulting services to congregations.
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| Source: ChurchCentral.com |
| Date: 01-01-2007 |
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| Lausanne Conference Ends with Message of Hope |
The year 2007 is a “happy new era for world evangelization,” 400 Christian delegates were told in the closing message at the Lausanne Bi-Annual International Leadership Meeting in Budapest, Hungary, which concluded on Friday.
Lausanne members have been in the Hungarian capital since Monday to pray, plan and work together for Lausanne III, a major world mission congress to take place in Cape Town, South Africa, in 2010.
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| Source: Christian Post |
| Date: 06-22-2007 |
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| What the Church Could Learn From Microsoft |
| I think I can read your mind right now. “There is SO MUCH wrong with this title… and we should not in ever compare the church to Microsoft.” (Some of you Apply folks out there aren’t able to utter ‘Microsoft’ and ‘church’ in the same sentence! I can just read the comments now… Some will immediately think something like, "The church is NOT a business" or "The church is already too much like business" or "We just need to preach the Bible and not ever bring 'business' into the church." Well, before you go off on me, please hear me out. I |
| Source: Monday Morning Insight |
| Date: 09-17-2007 |
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| Supreme Court Slaps McCain-Feingold |
In what a pro-life group is calling a "tremendous victory for citizens," the Supreme Court on Monday upheld Americans' right to engage in grassroots lobbying on television and radio in the period leading up to primary and general elections.
The justices said a pro-life group should have been allowed to air an ad mentioning the name of Sen. Russ Feingold within 30 days of the Wisconsin primary.
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| Source: CNS News |
| Date: 06-25-2007 |
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| Senate probes finances of six TV ministries |
WASHINGTON (RNS)—A prominent U.S. senator is seeking financial information from some of the biggest names among evangelical TV ministries following complaints from the public and news reports of possible money mismanagement.
None of the six ministries targeted are members of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability, but the investigation may prompt others to get their houses in order. |
| Source: Baptist Standard |
| Date: 11-17-2007 |
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| Thousands to Reaffirm America's Christian Roots After 400 Years |
| The Assembly 2007 is expected to gather Christians to Virginia Beach beginning Thursday in a major prayer event centered around the 400th anniversary of the first permanent English settlement in North America. Top Christian leaders will join the national gathering, which is said to be the only faith-based event among all other Jamestown quadra-centennial events. |
| Source: The Christian Post |
| Date: 04-26-2007 |
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| Aid Group in First Direct U.S.-N.Korea Flight in 50 Years |
| U.S. humanitarian organization has set a landmark by chartering a direct flight to airlift aid for North Korean flood victims. Samaritan’s Purse president Franklin Graham said on the organization’s homepage Sunday, “We've been told that this airlift is the first direct flight from the U.S. to North Korea since the Korean War.” The aid organization sent goods to the North on a chartered Boeing 747, which took off in Charlotte, North Carolina on Thursday and landed in Pyongyang on Friday. Worth US$8 million, they include antibiotics, drugs and plastic housing materials. |
| Source: The Chosun Ilbo |
| Date: 09-04-2007 |
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| John Stott Ends Public Ministry with Call for Christ-Like Efforts |
| Stott, who has been called by the Rev. Billy Graham as “the most respected clergyman in the world today,” spoke Wednesday night as his last speaking engagement before he is to retire from public ministry at the age of 87, moving to a retirement community for Anglican clergy. |
| Source: Christian Post |
| Date: 07-22-2007 |
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