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NEWS ABOUT: Baptist

Baptist stories: 5 news summaries

A Baptist and a Mullah
Team Up to Fight Taliban

US captain urges Afghan colonel to show faith to locals

Jul 16, 09 9:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Baptist Army officer has teamed up with an Afghan mullah to fight Taliban propaganda that calls the Afghan army godless. “The only way we can keep people from becoming Taliban is by promoting the Muslim nature of the Afghan National Army,” says the mullah, Lt. Col. Abdul... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • propaganda • US military • Afghan Army • Baptist • mullahs • mentor

 This Week, 
 Britney May 
 Be Jewish 

Singer flip-flops between Christianity, Kabbalah, Hinduism...

Jul 8, 09 1:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Britney Spears was raised a Baptist, but her latest accessory—a Star of David necklace—led the New York Daily News to take a look back at the religions she’s tried out:
  • In 2003, it looked as though she would be one of Madonna’s Kabbalah converts, and
... More »

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entertainment • Britney Spears • parenting • Christianity • religion • Judaism • celebrity • Madonna • Kabbalah • Baptist • Sean Preston Federline

 Survey: Religion Shrinks in US 

Most groups lose members; Christianity falls 11%

Mar 9, 09 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new survey shows sweeping changes in US religious attitudes over the past 18 years, with most religions losing members despite population growth, USA Today reports. Those identifying themselves as Christians have dropped 11% in a generation; mobility and marriage patterns have uprooted many religious affiliations. “More than ever... More »

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religion • United States • population • faith • Catholic • Baptist • survey • Wiccan • Bill Maher Grid

 'Cowboy Church' Lassos 
 New Followers 

Baptists see success with services that feature rodeo riding

Jan 9, 09 3:49 PM CST
(Newser) - Rodeo competitions and baptisms in horse troughs are on offer at the Cowboy Church of Ellis County, Texas, part of a movement that uses an unconventional approach to draw worshippers to the flock, the AP reports. Cowboy churches have existed for 40 years but have grown in popularity in the... More »

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Texas • Christianity • church • Christians • Baptists • Baptist • cowboy

Huckabee Tests Limits of Faith

Preaching prompted a backlash in Arkansas;
in Iowa, will Christian soldiers come out?

Dec 31, 07 7:05 PM CST
(Newser) - Mike Huckabee is banking on his deep Christian faith drawing voters to him in the presidential primaries, but that same passion has proven a liability in the past. As Arkansas governor, Huckabee made several religious molehills into mountains big enough for Moses, the LA Times reports in an examination of... More »

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religion • Mike Huckabee • Christian conservatives • evangelicals • separation of church and state • Iowa caucus • Republican presidential primaries • New Hampshire primary • Baptist

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