﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Baptist news stories on Newser</title><description>Read more Baptist stories on Newser</description><link>http://www.newser.com/taggrid/19899/baptist.html</link><copyright>2009 - Newser</copyright><language>en-us</language><generator>Newser Feed Generator</generator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:08:21 CST</pubDate><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/64538/a-baptist-and-a-mullah-team-up-to-fight-taliban.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>A Baptist and a Mullah Team Up to Fight Taliban</title><description>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 Haq. So...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/64538/a-baptist-and-a-mullah-team-up-to-fight-taliban.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 9:35:12 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/63857/this-week-britney-may-be-jewish.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>This Week, Britney May Be Jewish</title><description>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 she started sporting...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/63857/this-week-britney-may-be-jewish.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:19:14 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/52797/survey-religion-shrinks-in-us.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Survey: Religion Shrinks in US</title><description>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 before,...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/52797/survey-religion-shrinks-in-us.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 7:00:00 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/47499/cowboy-church-lassos-new-followers.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>'Cowboy Church' Lassos New Followers</title><description>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...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/47499/cowboy-church-lassos-new-followers.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:49:02 CST</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/15306/huckabee-tests-limits-of-faith.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Huckabee Tests Limits of Faith</title><description>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...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/15306/huckabee-tests-limits-of-faith.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2007 19:05:47 CST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>