Read more pastor stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/26986/pastor.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:44:42 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/68035/gun-toters-pastor-prayed-for-obamas-death.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe man who brought an assault rifle to an Obama town hall in Arizona last week had attended a sermon the day before during which the pastor said he would “pray for Barack Obama to die and go to hell,” TPM reports. “I’d like Barack Obama to melt like a...http://www.newser.com/story/68035/gun-toters-pastor-prayed-for-obamas-death.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 28 Aug 2009 11:33:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66605/holy-hell-churches-squeezed-by-economy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe hallelujahs are strained in US churches these days as donations plunge at the same time demand for aid is skyrocketing, reports the Wall Street Journal. Congregations across the nation are slashing budgets and even laying off staff, including pastors. Churches and synagogues usually weather downturns well, but not this...http://www.newser.com/story/66605/holy-hell-churches-squeezed-by-economy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 11 Aug 2009 2:37:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58428/get-off-prejeans-back-pastor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTopless photos of Carrie Prejean may disqualify her from being Miss California, but “they do not disqualify her from being able to share her opinion,” her pastor tells E! “We all have things in our past that we would not want to have broadcast on national television. We are all...http://www.newser.com/story/58428/get-off-prejeans-back-pastor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 08 May 2009 9:20:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57209/pastor-charged-with-killing-disabled-man.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBaltimore police say a pastor has admitted to killing a mentally disabled and blind man to collect on his life insurance money, the Baltimore Sun reports. Charged yesterday, Kevin Pushia, 32, confessed to hiring a hit man with $50,000 in church funds to kill Lemuel Wallace—one of several...http://www.newser.com/story/57209/pastor-charged-with-killing-disabled-man.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 25 Apr 2009 16:30:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55076/playmobil-demands-pastor-stop-crucifying-toys.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPlaymobil has demanded that a German pastor stop using its toys to depict Bible scenes, reports the Telegrap h. One plastic human figure has been given breasts to be a naked Eve, and another has been nailed to a cross. Photos of the altered figures have been posted on the...http://www.newser.com/story/55076/playmobil-demands-pastor-stop-crucifying-toys.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 02 Apr 2009 5:17:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52923/church-shooter-marked-death-day-in-planner.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe man charged with killing an Illinois pastor during a Sunday service appears to have planned the attack, having marked the date “Death Day” in his planner, the AP reports. But authorities are still stymied over a motive behind the attack. Terry Sedlacek was a quiet kid working in his...http://www.newser.com/story/52923/church-shooter-marked-death-day-in-planner.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 10 Mar 2009 12:23:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52801/slain-pastor-blocked-1st-shot-with-a-bible.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhat drove the shooting death of a pastor at an Illinois Baptist church service yesterday remains a mystery, as more details emerge, the Chicago Tribune reports. After exchanging words with the gunman who walked toward him, the pastor blocked the first of four rounds of bullets with a Bible, sending...http://www.newser.com/story/52801/slain-pastor-blocked-1st-shot-with-a-bible.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Mar 2009 7:55:53 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52755/pastor-killed-in-ill-church-shooting.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIllinois state police say a man shot a pastor to death and injured others at a church during a service in Maryville. Master Trooper Ralph Timmins says the man walked down the aisle during the early Sunday service at First Baptist Church in Maryville, exchanged words with pastor Fred Winters,...http://www.newser.com/story/52755/pastor-killed-in-ill-church-shooting.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 08 Mar 2009 14:08:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52413/man-kills-a-second-wife-22-years-later.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn Illinois man has killed his second wife after serving 13 years for killing his first, the Chicago Tribune reports. Richard Wiley, who gunned down Kathryn Wiley-Motes with a Civil War replica rifle this weekend, then murdered his 17-year-old stepson and turned the rifle on himself. Wiley-Motes married Wiley months...http://www.newser.com/story/52413/man-kills-a-second-wife-22-years-later.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Mar 2009 15:50:01 CST