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Churches are places for people of faith to meet.  Over half of the world’s 34,000 Christian churches are small, and blogs offer them a place to connect.  Over 86 percent of the world’s population of 6.7 billion belongs to a church and blogs connect them together.

New Christian movements like the Resurgence are reaching out to all ages via the blogosphere.  Traditional Christian resources like John Piper’s Desiring God blog to thousands of readers a day.  For those of an alternative persuasion, the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is still going strong, with 80’s retro wallpapers and 58,000 facebook adherents.  Other top church blogs include the LDS Newsroom.  Writer Ann Jackson’s hot, candid blog connects churches and the blogosphere with a personal twist.  Classy, literate Tall Skinny Kiwi writes with a bloghistorian approach, while the Pyromaniacs are up with Web 2.0 and the London Baptist Confessions of the 1600’s.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “church”

• How to Help Homeless Children

  
  Kellevision — Authority: 418
  Homeless   children are the most vulnerable people in the homeless community and should be the primary focus of efforts to address homelessness.  I am fortunate to live in a community where people are anxious to help and are very generous, but there does not seem to be a lot of accurage information in the ...
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• Uncertainty Prevails In Wash Times Newsroom -- And Employees Told To Stop Talking To Press

  
  TPM LiveWire — Authority: 802
  With payday looming tomorrow morning, employees remain on edge at The Washington Times . Theres even uncertainty over whether the troubled newspaper has enough short-term cash flow to keep its operation running. Executive Editor John Solomon is still absent. He did not return TPMs phone call seeking comment today, ...
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• Todays single payer miscellany

  
  Corrente — Authority: 617
  Excellent news from Single Payer Health Care : It is with great pride that I pass on the wonderful news that the Lancaster City Council tonight unanimously passed Council Resolution No. 74-2009, urging the PA General Assembly to support the passage of HB1660 and SB400. Lancaster joins the City Councils of ...
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• One of the Best Sermons on the Holy Spirit I’ve Heard

  
  beauty of the bible — Authority: 467
  I just wanted to share this sermon on walking with the Holy Spirit. It is one of the best sermons on the Holy Spirit I’ve heard in a long time (and from a Baptist preacher, no less). I think our mindset is backward. We think we (1) meet Jesus, (2) get saved, and (3) progress into the things of the Spirit, when it ...
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• Behind the news: A new Mormon stand on gays?

  
  PinkNews.co.uk — Authority: 134
  It looked like a stunning reversal : the same church that helped defeat gay marriage in California standing with gay-rights activists on an anti- discrimination law in its own backyard . On Tuesday night , after a series of clandestine meetings between local gay-rights backers and Mormons in Salt Lake ...
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• HRC statement on Mormon church and gay rights

  
  PinkNews.co.uk — Authority: 134
  From HRC:   Today the LDS church announced its support for an inclusive anti- discrimination law in Salt Lake City .   STATEMENT FROM HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN RELIGION AND FAITH PROGRAM DIRECTOR HARRY KNOX:   “This has happened in the LDS Church because people are telling their clergy leaders they ...
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• Salt Lake OKs gay rights laws with Mormon backing

  
  PinkNews.co.uk — Authority: 134
  ( Salt Lake City ) The Mormon church for the first time has announced its support of gay rights legislation , an endorsement that helped gain unanimous approval for Salt Lake city laws banning discrimination against gays in housing and employment. The Utah-based church’s support ahead of Tuesday ...
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• Funeral Service

  
  Urban Ministry Live And Unplugged — Authority: 137
  I conducted a large funeral today for a well known businessman (see photo). Something excellent about this service is that the tributes -- all four of them -- were both brief and sincere (I suspect that there was some co-ordination here). This made for a dignified and impressive service. When people ramble on, it just ...
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• Italian answer to swine flu--automatic holy water dispensers

  
  Gadling — Authority: 689
  Filed under: Europe , Italy , News , Travel Health Visitors to many Italian churches will see a new addition next to the door--automatic holy water dispensers. Priests have been noticing that worshipers are reluctant to put their hands in the font containing holy water for fear of catching swine flu. About ...
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• How the Catholic Bishops took control of the health care debate

  
  AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — Authority: 156
  For whatever reason, politicians give undue power to the protectors of child sex abusers. The picture is beginning to emerge of just how much the Catholic Bishops shaped the health insurance reform debate : They dont spend a dime on what is legally defined as lobbying, but lawmakers and insiders recognize that the ...
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• CAC Retirement, Ordination Cum Closing Ceremony 2009

  
  xuan — Authority: 103
  I came back from the CAC Closing Ceremony (see above for full title), and I didnt expect it to end so late! Yeah, so at this ceremony they have the retirement of pastors, the ordination of pastors, and the posting of pastors to the various Methodist churches belonging to the CAC (Chinese Annual Conference). Bishop ...
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• This Weekend: What We Want from Money

  
  My World — Authority: 139
  Saturday is part 2 of our series How to be Rich . This past Saturday was a great kick-off to the series. There has been a lot of conversation and buzz surrounding the 90 day tithing challenge . If you are on the fence about this challenge, it is not too late to jump in and be a part of “testing” God in the area ...
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• War criminal praises ministate she helped create (AP)

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 514
  AP – Bosnian Serb war criminal Biljana Plavsic said Thursday the success of Bosnia’s Serb Republic helped her survive her years in jail, but she does not plan to return to politics. Original post:  (AP)"> (AP)">War criminal praises ministate she helped create (AP)
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• Christmas Bazaar

  
  Handmade Whimzy and Pink Pear Designs — Authority: 108
  This coming Saturday, November the 14th, Handmade Whimzy and Pink Pear Designs will be at the First Christian Church Christmas Bazaar. It is located on the corner of Broadway and Loop 323 in Tyler, Texas. If youre in the area, come on out. They are taking a $1 donation to get in the door. ...
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• The Youth Ministry Gap

  
  adammclane.com — Authority: 128
  After 18 months of working at Youth Specialties and interacting with youth workers around the United States (and everywhere else) it’s finally sunken in: There are two different things called “ youth ministry ” with a major gap in the middle. Professional vocational youth ministry: When I talk about ...
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• Catholic Hierarchy Threatens the Capital’s Homeless

  
  Unsilent Generation — Authority: 418
  For the second time in a week, the hierarchy of the American Catholic Church has jumped into sexual politics at a time when conservatives are trying to make sexuality and reproductive rights a divisive issue in health care reform. Last week the Conference of Catholic Bishops got involved in vetting and promoting ...
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• Canada: Gay Catholic priest to be first to marry

  
  http://fratres.wordpress.com — Authority: 509
  Same-sex marriage: “It’s a human right.” So says Fr. Karl Clemens, who once declared [ HERE ] that despite his homosexuality he remained celibate, saying, “If I was any more celibate I don’t think I’d be alive.” The following short video clip from the anti-Catholic VisionTV in Canada depicts Fr. ...
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• Hide and Seek

  
  ToddLive.net — Authority: 118
  Don’t miss this Sunday, as we continue a series called Hide and Seek.  This has been a powerful series that God is using to call out the greatness that resides in all of us.  See you at 9:30 or 11:00!!
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• Small Church Manifesto

  
  Joining God in His Work — Authority: 124
  Small church pastor David Smith is writing some excellent stuff about the small church that he is calling the " Small Church Manifesto ." His posts are worth your time to read his take on the small church.  Here are links to what hes posted thus far: The Manifesto Manifesto Common #1 The Small Church is the ...
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• Melissa Gilbert at Habitat Tulsa

  
  high places on the journey — Authority: 110
  Melissa Gilbert visited the Habitat house Garnett and several other churches are helping to build.The Tulsa World story is about the house and the family building next door. The house in the background behind Gilbert is the “Apostles Build” that Garnett is participating in. Don’t forget to head out there any ...
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