Read more church stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/3279/church.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:02:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73527/la-church-adds-dogs-to-flock.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA pastor looking for an idea to revitalize the sagging membership at his Los Angeles church found it by letting the dogs in. “Wherever there’s love, there’s God in some fashion,” says Tom Eggebeen of Covenant Presbyterian Church. “And when we love a dog and a dog loves us, that’s...http://www.newser.com/story/73527/la-church-adds-dogs-to-flock.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 07 Nov 2009 6:56:22 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73171/healthcare-bill-boosts-pay-for-prayer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA little-noticed provision in a Senate version of the pending health care bill would require insurance companies to consider paying for prayer as a medical expense. The addition was inserted by Utah Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch and backed by Democrats John Kerry and Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts, the home state...http://www.newser.com/story/73171/healthcare-bill-boosts-pay-for-prayer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Nov 2009 5:34:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72195/atheist-ads-to-hit-nyc-subways.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEight atheist organizations are the creators of a unique month-long ad campaign beginning next week in Manhattan subways that will challenge the belief in God. "A million New Yorkers are good without God. Are you?" the ads will ask on posters featuring blue sky and clouds. Because the city's subways...http://www.newser.com/story/72195/atheist-ads-to-hit-nyc-subways.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 21 Oct 2009 5:36:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69786/crowds-flock-to-churchs-porn-talk.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOver a thousand people are descending on an Atlanta-area church this weekend for 3 days of talks on pornography, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The "Porn Talk" event, one of many put on by anti-porn Christian group XXXchurch.com, seeks to address the harm pornography is doing to children, families, and...http://www.newser.com/story/69786/crowds-flock-to-churchs-porn-talk.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 19 Sep 2009 6:55:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68119/reborn-jesus-leads-vegans-in-russia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA former traffic cop in Russia has declared himself a reincarnation of Jesus and amassed a following of 5,000 devotees, including artists and intellectuals, the Daily Mail reports. Sergei Torop, "reborn" as "Vissarion" after losing his job in 1991, preached against the evils of war and harming the environment....http://www.newser.com/story/68119/reborn-jesus-leads-vegans-in-russia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 29 Aug 2009 18:17:00 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/66511/forget-chastity-marry-earlier-say-evangelicals.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe evangelical stress on abstinence until marriage is fantastic, writes Mark Regnerus—himself devout—in Christianity Today , "but promoting it has come at a cost." Doing so has "turned our attention away from the damage that Americans are doing to the institution of marriage by discouraging it and delaying it,...http://www.newser.com/story/66511/forget-chastity-marry-earlier-say-evangelicals.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 10 Aug 2009 18:47:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66403/churches-put-faith-in-housing-biz.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChurches that have long called for an increase in affordable housing have started taking matters into their own hands, the Washington Post reports: A growing number of them have launched their own housing projects, partnering with developers to build whole communities. Their weekly flow of donations allows them to qualify...http://www.newser.com/story/66403/churches-put-faith-in-housing-biz.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 08 Aug 2009 10:39:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63574/islamist-bomb-kills-5-at-philippines-cathedral.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA bombing outside a church in the southern Philippines this morning killed five and injured 45, Reuters reports. The military blamed the attack on the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, a militant separatist group, the BBC notes. “The rebels are getting desperate and they are no longer choosing their targets," an...http://www.newser.com/story/63574/islamist-bomb-kills-5-at-philippines-cathedral.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 05 Jul 2009 8:13:31 CDT