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Help is given through relief efforts of the KBC for recent conflicts in Georgia PDF Print E-mail
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Written by Brenda Easterling   
Monday, 08 September 2008
A disaster relief team of the Kentucky Baptist Convention will provide humanitarian assistance for refugees displaced by the recent conflicts between the country Georgia and Russia.Coy Webb, disaster relief associate for the KBC said a team of six Kentucky Baptist volunteers are, scheduled to serve in Gori, September 4-16th.
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Wesleyan Church Elects First Woman General Superintendent PDF Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 08 July 2008
Wesleyan ChurchDr. Jo Anne Lyon wrote a new chapter in the history of The Wesleyan Church on Monday, June 9, 2008, when she was elected by the Indianapolis, Indiana denomination as its first female General Superintendent at the Church's June 7-11, 2008, General Conference in Orlando, Florida
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Presbyterian Church to Ordain Gay Clergy PDF Print E-mail
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Monday, 30 June 2008
Presbyterian Church to Ordain Gay ClergyThe General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) voted Friday to pave the way toward the ordination of practicing homosexual persons to the offices of deacon, elder, or minister. The series of votes begin to reverse the denomination's position on sexual practices that it has held for its entire existence.
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Virginia Court Rules in Favor of Departing Churches PDF Print E-mail
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Monday, 30 June 2008
Virginia Court Rules in Favor of Departing ChurchesToday Judge Randy Bellows of the Fairfax County Circuit Court issued a second ruling in favor of the Virginia churches that have departed the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia by recognizing the constitutionality of the Virginia Statute on Religious Division, Va. Code 57-9(A). Bellows had already ruled in April that a religious division had occurred, and that the statute is applicable to this case. The Episcopal Church and the diocese are expected to challenge the court's decision.
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Mainline Renewal Leader Calls for Presbyterian Church to Reject Anti-Semitism PDF Print E-mail
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Monday, 23 June 2008
Presbyterians Called Upon to Reject Anti-SemitismAssociation for Church Renewal President David Runnion-Bareford, today called on the Presbyterian Church USA, meeting in General Assembly in San Jose, California, to reject overtures to their meeting which contain anti-Semitic theological presuppositions, biases, and prejudices and to reject a June statement by the Presbyterian USA Commission on Interfaith Relations that has caused great pain and hurt to our Jewish brothers and sisters.
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