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			<title>Southern Baptists</title>
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			<description>Southern Baptists re-elect first black president</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[HOUSTON (AP) — The Southern Baptist Convention has re-elected its first black president, the Rev. Fred Luter Jr.
Luter  was first elected in 2012. His presidency comes at a time when the  nation's largest Protestant denomination is trying to move beyond its  traditional white Southern base.
The Southern Baptist Convention  claims 16 million members, but recently announced that membership  declined in 2012 for the sixth straight year.
Luter was re-elected  on Tuesday during the convention's annual meeting in Houston. He was  unopposed and received a standing ovation.
Southern Baptist presidents can serve a maximum of two one-year terms.]]></content:encoded>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 12:31:00 -0700</pubDate>
			
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			<title>Boston Marathon - Vigil</title>
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			<description>Hundreds gather for vigil on Boston Common</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[BOSTON (AP) — Hundreds of people have attended a candlelight vigil in Boston for victims of Monday's marathon bombings.
A  minister told hundreds of mourners that God wasn't in the evil that was  committed, but was among the emergency responders who heroically tended  to scores of wounded runners and bystanders.
Three people were killed and more than 170 people were injured in the bombings near the end of the race on Monday.
Participants in the vigil sang &quot;Amazing Grace&quot; and prayed that God would embrace the eight-year-old boy who was killed.
The minister said the candles they held symbolized the light of God shining amid the darkness of Monday's attack.]]></content:encoded>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:54:00 -0700</pubDate>
			
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			<title>Obama - Marathon</title>
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			<description>Obama to attend interfaith service in Boston on Thursday</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[BOSTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will visit Boston on Thursday, three days after the deadly bombings at the Boston Marathon.
Massachusetts  Gov. Deval (deh-VAHL') Patrick says Obama will attend an interfaith  service at the Roman Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Cross. The White  House says Obama will speak at the prayer service in memory of the  deceased and for the healing of the wounded.
Hours after the  explosions, Obama vowed that those responsible would be brought to  justice. In remarks Tuesday, he called the bombings an act of terrorism  but said investigators still don't know who carried them out.
Patrick says he hopes the interfaith service will help Bostonians heal together instead of turning on each other in suspicion.]]></content:encoded>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:53:00 -0700</pubDate>
			
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			<title>Boston Marathon - Saudi Arabia</title>
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			<description>Saudi king condemns Boston Marathon bombings</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — The king of Saudi Arabia is condemning the Boston Marathon bombings, saying no religion or morals would condone such an attack.
In  a condolences message to President Barack Obama and the American  people, King Abdullah said the perpetrators of such &quot;heinous terrorist  acts&quot; are &quot;enemies of any humane considerations.&quot; He said the  perpetrators represent only themselves.
In a separate statement,  the Saudi Embassy said a Saudi woman was among those injured, suffering  minor injuries from glass fragments.
The Saudi government has been  cracking down on Islamic militants since al-Qaida launched a wave of  attacks in the country in 2003, killing dozens. It has sought to  distance itself from terrorist acts in the past, including the Sept. 11  attacks, where 15 of the 19 hijackers involved were Saudi citizens.]]></content:encoded>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:50:00 -0700</pubDate>
			
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			<title>Boston Marathon - Egypt</title>
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			<description>Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood condemns Boston blasts</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's  Muslim Brotherhood has condemned the Boston Marathon bombings, calling  them &quot;sinful assaults&quot; and saying that Islamic law does not condone  violence against civilians.
A Tuesday statement from the Islamist  group's political arm, the Freedom and Justice Party, expressed  &quot;condolences to the American people and to the families of victims, with  hopes for a quick recovery of those injured.&quot;
The party also says  that Islamic law &quot;firmly rejects assaults on civilians and doesn't  accept any means of terrorizing people, regardless of their religion, color, or gender.&quot;
Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi hails from the Brotherhood.]]></content:encoded>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:49:00 -0700</pubDate>
			
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			<title>Obit - George Beverly Shea</title>
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			<description>George Beverly Shea, who sang at Billy Graham crusades for decades, dies at 104</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) —  George Beverly Shea, the booming baritone who sang to millions of  Christians at evangelist Billy Graham's crusades, has died after a brief  illness. He was 104.
Spokesman Brent Rinehart of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association says Shea died Tuesday night after a brief illness.
Shea  was well-known as a gospel soloist before he and Graham met in the  early 1940s. He joined Graham's crusade team in 1947 and stayed until  Graham's declining health ended most of the evangelist's public  appearances nearly 60 years later.
Besides his distinctive voice,  Shea was known for his trademark rendition of &quot;How Great Thou Art&quot; and  his inspirational &quot;The Wonder of It All.&quot;]]></content:encoded>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:48:00 -0700</pubDate>
			
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			<title>Young Evangelicals - Gay Marriage</title>
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			<description>Young Christians face hostile peers on marriage issue</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) — Some  young evangelicals say last week's national focus on gay marriage left  them feeling alienated from their peers.
Kristin Rudolph of the Institute on Religion  and Democracy says it was discouraging to see millions of people change  their Facebook profile pictures to equal signs to show their support  for gay marriage. She said it took courage to present a traditional view  that sounds intolerant.
Family Research Council editor Jessica  Prol says many young people think religious conservatives simply don't  want them to have fun.
Heritage Foundation Policy Analyst Andrew  Walker says it looks like he and other young evangelicals are becoming  &quot;the moral minority&quot; in an &quot;increasingly hostile&quot; culture. But he said  instead of hiding or conforming, the church needs to reclaim its moral  authority.
Rudolph says &quot;because God reigns,&quot; a seemingly lost  cause, &quot;if just and good, is never really lost, but just awaiting  vindication.&quot;]]></content:encoded>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:50:00 -0700</pubDate>
			
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			<title>Koreas - Tension - Evangelist</title>
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			<description>Franklin Graham: Obama basketball diplomacy could soothe Kim Jong Un</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[BOONE, N.C. (AP) — The  Rev. Franklin Graham says President Barack Obama could use basketball  diplomacy to defuse tensions with North Korea and its young leader.
The  son of evangelist Billy Graham says Obama should contact Kim Jong Un,  whose regime has threatened to launch nuclear strikes on South Korea and  the U.S.
Franklin Graham told KTIS radio that since Kim is in his 20s and loves basketball, Obama could invite him &quot;to the finals.&quot;
The NCAA college basketball championship game will be played Monday night in Atlanta.
Franklin  Graham has visited North Korea four times and his Samaritan's Purse  humanitarian organization has operated there for years. His mother, the  late Ruth Bell Graham, attended high school in Pyongyang in the 1930s  and his father, Billy Graham, preached there in 1992.]]></content:encoded>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:49:00 -0700</pubDate>
			
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			<title>Church Theft - Michigan</title>
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			<description>Officials: More than $40,000 taken from church</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[SHELBY TOWNSHIP, Mich.  (AP) — Officials say more than $40,000 in cash was stolen from a  Michigan church after its Easter services.
The Macomb Daily of  Mount Clemens reports the break-in occurred late Sunday or early Monday  at St. Therese of Lisieux church in Shelby Township. Officials say a  number of chalices also were taken from the Roman Catholic church.
Linda  Maccarone, church manager, says the theft is &quot;very disheartening.&quot; She  says officials last checked the building about 9 p.m. Sunday following  five services that day.
Detroit's WXYZ-TV reports that St. Luke  Lutheran Church in Clinton Township also was targeted late Sunday or  early Monday. It wasn't revealed how much was taken.
The churches  are the latest to be targeted in Macomb County in recent months. St.  Lawrence Catholic Church in Utica also was hit.]]></content:encoded>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:48:00 -0700</pubDate>
			
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			<title>School - Jesus Portrait</title>
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			<description>Groups: Remove Jesus portrait from Ohio school</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[CINCINNATI (AP) — Two  groups that sued to stop the display of a Jesus portrait in an Ohio  school district's middle school now want the portrait removed from the  wall of a high school where it was moved last month.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio and the Wisconsin-based Freedom from Religion  Foundation filed a federal lawsuit in February charging that the  portrait, which was then displayed in the Jackson City Schools middle  school, unconstitutionally promoted religion in  a public school. They filed an amended complaint Monday, asking the  court to also prohibit display of the portrait in the high school for  the same reason.
The portrait now is hanging on a wall alongside the high school's trophy case.]]></content:encoded>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:48:00 -0700</pubDate>
			
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