Christians news headline 10/03/09

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India - Pastor Shot in Bomb Attack on Church

NEW DELHI, March 10 (Compass Direct News) – In an effort to stop conversions to Christianity in the eastern state of Bihar, a 25-year-old ailing man on Sunday (March 8) exploded a crude bomb in a church and shot the pastor.   more.....

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Pakistan - One Woman Dead in Attack on Christians

ISTANBUL, March 9 (Compass Direct News) – Gun and club attacks on a Presbyterian church and neighboring homes in the predominantly Christian area of a village in Pakistan last week killed one woman and left 16 people wounded.  more....

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Pope to visit Muslim, Jewish sites in Mideast trip

JERUSALEM (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI will show solidarity with Jews and Muslims during his first papal trip to the Holy Land with visits to Jerusalem's Western Wall and the Dome of the Rock, the papal envoy in Jerusalem said Tuesday.  more....

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SC pastor charged with setting fire at his church

BELTON, S.C. (AP) — Authorities charged a South Carolina pastor accused of setting fire to his own church with second-degree arson. Anderson County Fire Chief Billy Gibson said Christopher Daniels, 40, reported a fire at Blue Ridge Baptist Church in Belton when he opened the church for services Sunday   more....

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Survey: Less Than 1 Percent of Young Adults Hold Biblical Worldview

Less than one percent of the youngest adult generation in America has a biblical worldview, found a new study examining the changes in worldview among Christians and the overall U.S. population  more....

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Church service for Zimbabwe premier's wife

Susan Tsvangirai's body is to be taken to a stadium later Tuesday for a memorial service. The state-run Herald newspaper reports that President Robert Mugabe is to attend the church service, and that the government is helping pay the funeral costs.  more....

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Stem cell decision exposes religious divides

The embryonic stem cell research debate is steeped with religious arguments, with some faith traditions convinced the research amounts to killing innocent life, others citing the moral imperative to alleviate suffering, and plenty of religious believers caught somewhere in between.  more....

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Prosecutor: Church killing suspect had 'death day'

MARYSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A prosecutor says the 27-year-old man charged with gunning down a suburban St. Louis pastor in the middle of his sermon marked the day as "death day" in a planner.  more....

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Torah ownership dispute goes to Superior Court in Los Angeles

A rancorous legal fight over the rightful ownership of four Torahs has spilled from religious to civil courts in Los Angeles, with the widow of one Orthodox rabbi accusing another of stealing scrolls lent to him by her deceased husband.  more....

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