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A church pastor is suing a mother and daughter for $500,000 because they gave the church bad reviews online.
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Rev. Jonathan Falwell is joined by the children of Thomas Road Baptist Church to sing with the choir at service on Sunday May 13, 2012.   

How has Thomas Road Baptist Church changed in the five years since the death of its founder?
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The Rev. Patrick Wooden denounced President Obama's stance on same-sex marriage in a sermon on Sunday at his church in Raleigh, N.C., saying it was "in support of sin." (Ozier Muhammad  /  The New York Times)

Religion is on both sides of the same-sex marriage conflict
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Delman Coates at Mt. Ennon Baptist Church is among a minority of black ministers in Maryland who have endorsed gay rights.

Addressing his large, mostly black congregation on Sunday morning, the Rev. Wallace Charles Smith did not mince words about where he stood on President Barack Obama's newly announced support for same-sex marriage: The church is against it, he said, prompting shouts of "Amen!" from the pews.
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Heaven help us.
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Hold the chocolate and flowers. What mom may really want for Mother's Day is for the whole gang to go to church.
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Rev. Jamal Bryant has strongly condemned Obama's gay marriage announcement

After the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. first gained wide public recognition in the mid-1950s, he made a special request to evangelist Billy Graham.
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Members of the First Grace United Methodist Church choir sing praises on a Sunday morning. (Religion News Service photo by Matthew Hinton/The Times-Picayune)

The predominantly white United Methodist Church and five historically black denominations -- after more than a decade of discussions -- have entered a full communion agreement.
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Rob Bell, founding pastor of Mars Hill megachurch near Grand Rapids, Mich., speaks at the Power Center Theater at the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor, Mich. (File/Gannett -- Detroit Free Press)

Survey of American religious congregations unveiled Tuesday
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If you've been to church lately, you probably know how unusual it is to see a critical mass of young people in attendance. According to studies by the Barna Group, church engagement falls by as much as 43% between the ages of 18 and 29. Which is why the scene on a recent night in uptown Charlotte, N.C., was so remarkable.
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Oregon Church Sues Family Over Online Comments
Thomas Road Baptist Church Continues to Grow 5 Years After Death of Founder
Church Denominations Conflicted Over Same-Sex Marriage
Pastors Across Country Offer Opinions On Obama's Support for Same-Sex Marriage from Sunday Morning Pulpits
Check Out the Church Before Dropping a Donation
After Easter and Christmas, Mother's Day Sees Peak In Church Attendance




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