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NEWS ABOUT: megachurches

megachurches stories: 12 news summaries

Churches
Put Faith
in Housing Biz

More launch own programs to provide affordable homes

Aug 8, 09 10:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Churches that have long called for an increase in affordable housing have started taking matters into their own hands, the Washington Post reports: A growing number of them have launched their own housing projects, partnering with developers to build whole communities. Their weekly flow of donations allows them to qualify... More »

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real estate • housing market • church • housing industry • parishioners • megachurches • women's issues

You're Going to Hell, and There's Nothing You Can Do About It

Hip 'cussing pastor' revives fire, brimstone

Jan 11, 09 1:52 PM CST
(Newser) - Jesus needs salvation from the liberal, pansy ethos of mainstream evangelicals, and Mark Driscoll is determined to save him, Molly Worthen writes in the New York Times Magazine. The foul-mouthed Seattle pastor, who preaches in distressed jeans and unflinchingly discusses oral sex in the Bible, is a culture warrior... More »

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Seattle • evangelicals • megachurches • Jesus Christ

OPINION

 Candidates Score
 in Pastor Rick-a-thon

Even in a non-debate, pundits still find a way to label somebody a winner

Aug 17, 08 12:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pastor Rick stressed that last night's Saddleback Civil Forum on the Presidency wasn't a debate, but that won't stop the pundits from deciding who came out ahead:
  • Byron York, of the National Review, sees the night as a big win for McCain, who's had a "much bigger life.
... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • religion • Orange County • megachurches • Rick Warren • Election 2008 • Saddleback Church

McCain, Obama to Share Megachurch Stage

Warren lures both candidates to Orange County

Jul 21, 08 5:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Influential evangelical pastor Rick Warren has scored the first joint appearance by Barack Obama and John McCain. The presidential candidates will spend just a few minutes on stage together at Warren's Saddleback Church next month between back-to-back interviews with the pastor. It will be the country’s first look at... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • evangelicals • megachurches • Rick Warren • Saddleback Church • The Purpose-Driven Life

Shunning Makes a Comeback
in US Churches

Pastors resurrect old practice to tame black sheep in their flocks

Jan 20, 08 10:08 AM CST
(Newser) - In an effort to reclaim their churches' role as moral authority, many Protestant ministers have reinstated the all-but-lost practice of shunning unrepentant sinners from their congregations. And while nobody's yet had to pin a scarlet "A" to their Sunday best, the consequences of the puritanical revival have weighed heavy... More »

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Protestants • churchgoers • megachurches • Baptists • shunning • sinners • moral authority • confession • pastor

Colo. Church Gunman 'Hated Christians'

Was expelled from missionary school  where he killed 2

Dec 10, 07 8:15 PM CST
(Newser) - The gunman at two Colorado church shootings yesterday had been expelled from the missionary school where killed two people, the AP reports. He also sent the school hate mail in recent weeks and may have "hated Christians," police said. The school admitted that it had kicked out the... More »

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church • Christians • Colorado • Colorado Springs • megachurches • Ted Haggard • gunman • church shootings

Colo. Shooter Had Ties to Church

Lone gunman ID'd as ex-mission worker who sent threatening letters

Dec 10, 07 2:44 PM CST
(Newser) - A former mission worker was the shooter in both of yesterday’s Colorado church shootings, CNN reports. The killer, identified as Matthew Murray, worked with Youth With a Mission in Arvada, where the first shooting occurred. The Rocky Mountain News describes Murray as the 24-year-old son of a local neurosurgeon,... More »

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crime • Colorado • megachurches • Ted Haggard • New Life Church • gunman • church shootings • Matthew Murray • shooting

Link Sought in Church Shootings

Another victim dead; police to search suburban house

Dec 10, 07 3:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Investigators believe there may be a link between deadly shooting sprees yesterday at two Colorado religious sites—a megachurch in Colorado Springs and a Christian missionary center outside Denver. A second victim has died from wounds suffered at the New Light Church, where a guard killed the black-clad gunman who... More »

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Colorado • Colorado Springs • megachurches • gunman • church shootings • shooting

UPDATED

Gunman Dead in Church Attack

Suspect nabbed in Haggard church incident; no link yet

Dec 9, 07 7:14 PM CST
(Newser) - The gunman who opened fire at a Colorado megachurch today killed one and wounded four before being fatally shot by a security guard, CNN reports. Police Chief Richard Myers called the guard at New Life Church "a courageous security staff member who probably saved many lives today." Some... More »

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Colorado • Colorado Springs • megachurches • New Life Church • gunman • church shootings • shooting

4 Shot at Haggard's Colo. Church

Unclear if related to earlier shooting at missionary center 70 miles away

Dec 9, 07 3:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Gunfire struck Colorado Christians a second time today, hitting at least four people in the parking lot of Ted Haggard's New Life Church this afternoon, the AP reports. It was unclear if the incident, in Colorado Springs, was linked to two earlier shooting deaths at a missionary training center 70... More »

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Colorado • Colorado Springs • megachurches • Ted Haggard • New Life Church • gunman • church shootings • shooting

Senator Attacks Free-Spending Megachurches

Tax-exempt status at odds with ministers' perks: Grassley

Dec 5, 07 3:34 PM CST
(Newser) - Sen. Charles Grassley thinks big-spending pastors of so-called “megachurches” might be abusing their tax-exempt status, NPR reports. Ministers in these stadium-sized churches preach a gospel of wealth, and practice what they preach—driving Rolls Royces, flying in private jets, living in mansions. “Maybe that's not illegal,” the... More »

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religious right • Senate • religion • Charles Grassley • megachurches • Bishop Eddie Long

Big Churches Do Bigger Business

From sports domes to shopping centers, churches mix commerce, evangelism

Nov 23, 07 9:41 PM CST
(Newser) - Megachurches all over the country are extending their already-considerable reach by operating business, the New York Times reports. With an eye to both boosting local economies and bringing in converts, they're running credit unions, sports centers, office complexes, and limousine services. At least 10 own shopping malls; many are invested... More »

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Alaska • church • megachurches

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