Missionary Denise Leuthold slain in Peoria
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Peoria mother found dead in her Mossville Road home
From Church Facebook site: “Please be in prayer for our missionary, Nathan Leuthold, and his children. His wife was murdered yesterday in Peoria, IL, by a burglar who broke into the home they were living in while on furlough.”
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List of Richest Pastors in Brazil Prompts White House Petition
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“Forbes reports that Edir Macedo, founder of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG), is worth nearly $1 billion… The news prompted disgruntled Americans to file a petition with the White House, asking the U.S. and Brazilian governments to investigate Macedo for ‘scandals allegedly draining money away specifically based for charity.’”
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Churches in Germany selling off buildings en masse
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“[W]hen church officials explain that there’s little point in heating a church that has no thermal insulation and high-arched ceilings every Sunday for just 10 churchgoers, these critics of closing churches are also left at a loss for what to say.”
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Texas Church to Host Handgun License Class
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“It’ll make people feel more secure about where they are, and hopefully the more people get the license the safer we’ll all be”
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3,300 accept NJ megachurch challenge to read Bible for 40 days
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“Although the media often highlights how irrelevant the Bible seems to modern culture, there is a growing hunger among the next generation to open the Scriptures and see what God’s Word says for themselves”
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