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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

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

Sex Scandal Roils Atlanta Megachurch

After DNA test, archbishop admits
'nephew' is his son

Nov 22, 07 3:59 PM CST
(Newser) - Revelations was the theme of the day for a scandal-plagued Atlanta church as its archbishop had to admit that his "nephew" is really his son. And worse, he’d lied about it under oath, AP reports. A court-ordered DNA test showed Archbishop Earl Paulk fathered D.E. Paulk. Both... More »

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sex scandal • DNA • church • Earl Paulk • Cathedral of the Holy Spirit

Mission Church Does Some Seoul Searching

Hostage crisis has Korean Christians pondering direction

Aug 15, 07 3:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - As 19 South Korean aid workers wallow in a Taliban prison camp, many in the world community are openly wondering why they were in Afghanistan in the first place. Even as they pray for the release of their fellow parishioners, members of a suburban Seoul church are dodging critics who... More »

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South Korea • Seoul • church • charity • missionary • Korean hostages • Christian missionaries • Christians • hostage

Church Massacre Stuns Missouri Immigrants

Micronesian community asks why after home- grown crime kills 3

Aug 14, 07 8:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Micronesian community in a small Missouri town is struggling to come to grips with a brutal crime by one of its own. Eiken Elam Saimon ran into a Micronesian church service and opened fire, killing three and wounding five. About 300 Pacific Islanders live in the town of Neosho,... More »

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church • Missouri • Neosho • Micronesians • immigrant • Micronesia • Eiken Elam Saimon • shooting • guns

Shooter Opens Fire in Missouri Church, Killing 3

Gunman held 25 to 50 people hostage before surrendering to police

Aug 12, 07 5:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - An unidentified gunman killed 3 and wounded several in a church in southwest Missouri today. The AP reports that he briefly held 25 to 50 churchgoers hostage at the First Congregational Church in Neosho, Missouri before being arrested. Police say that an incident between the shooting suspect and a family... More »

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church • Missouri • Neosho • church shootings • shooting • guns

Russians Flock to New Religions

Followers of the 'new' Jesus head to Siberia to build a town

Jul 17, 07 3:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Is a former traffic cop named Sergei Tropov really the reincarnation of Jesus? Five thousand devoted followers of the Church of the Last Testament believe so, and they've relocated to a remote corner of the Siberian wilderness, where they are constructing a new town founded on the 18-year-old religion. The... More »

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Russia • Soviet Union • Siberia • religion • church • faith • Sergei Tropov • Church of the Last Testament • worshippers

Hollywood Prays for Laughs from the Faithful

With 'Evan Almighty,' Universal skews pious
in comedy division

Jun 20, 07 4:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - God is returning to the big screen this Friday in Universal's Evan Almighty, a big-budget comedy aimed at the churchgoing. The LA TImes recalls that Hollywood used to balk at religiously-inflected films, but saw the light when Mel Gibson's spiritual blockbuster The Passion of the Christ raked in $370M in... More »

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Hollywood • Morgan Freeman • film • religion • God • Evan Almighty • comedy • church • Noah's Ark • spirituality • Universal Studios • Steve Carell • movies

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