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Case involves $100,000 bill http://clevelandbanner.com/stories/carter-charged-by-fbi-in-fraud,5758 Posted Monday, March 30, 2015 11:09 am BRIAN GRAVES Banner Staff Writer Troy Scot Carter A former employee of the Church of God has been charged with interstate transportation of securities taken by fraud in the amount of $100,000. In a filing with the U.S. District Court by Assistant U.S. Attorney […]

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The Church of God (Cleveland, Ten­nessee) has decided to permit women to serve on local church councils but to maintain its rule that they cannot be ordained as bishops.By a narrow vote during its recent General Assembly, the denomination changed its policy on congregational councils by deleting the…

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On Monday, November 17, 2014, Pope Francis will host a global ecumenical conference featuring Muslim leaders, pagans, and Chrislam founder Rick Warren from Saddleback Church in California. The official website says that the Colloquium is sponsored by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and co-sponsored by the Pontifical Council for the Family, the […]

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A UMNS Report | By Linda Bloom* Several Methodist leaders are hopeful that the new Roman Catholic pope, Benedict XVI, will support efforts toward Christian unity. German-born Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected April 19 as the 265th pope to lead the billion-member Roman Catholic Church. Since 1981, he had served as second-in-command to Pope John Paul […]

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Today is Saturday. The 71st General Assembly ended this morning and we are heading home to Louisiana to get ready for the coming work assigned to us. Some thoughts about this experience…Kathy and I are blessed to have many friends in ministry. This i…

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No religious group in the United States has released an official statement on radical life extension. However, here are brief summaries of how some clergy, bioethicists and other scholars from 18 major American religious groups say their traditions might approach this evolving issue. (For an in-depth look at public opinion on radical life extension and […]