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Author: Jennifer Rash

This author has written 36843 articles

Goombis minister on American Indian reservations

March 19, 2009

Daniel Goombi is a full-blooded American Indian, a member of the Kiowa-Apache tribe, originally nomads who left Canada to settle in Oklahoma. He is proud

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Lutherans move to allow gay clergy — sort of

March 19, 2009

CHICAGO — A blue-ribbon panel recommended Feb. 19 that the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) lift its ban on partnered gay and lesbian clergy

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House members call for pro-life steps in bills

March 19, 2009

WASHINGTON — More than 180 House members sent a letter to House Democratic leaders Feb. 25, calling for upcoming spending bills to maintain longstanding pro-life

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Dobson resigns as Focus on Family chairman

March 19, 2009

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Focus on the Family founder James Dobson has resigned as chairman of the ministry he started 32 years ago, but he

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60 Oregonians die by assisted suicide in 2008

March 19, 2009

PORTLAND, Ore. — Sixty Oregonians ended their lives last year by taking a lethal drug dose prescribed under the Death with Dignity Act, state officials

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Smith family fights ‘lostness’ in eastern Canada

March 12, 2009

Gary Smith and his 11-year-old son Caleb tooled down the Trans-Canada Highway in their rented Toyota on a winter’s day. They were in the middle

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Kidnapped Christian girl may return to family

March 12, 2009

CHAWK MUNDA, Pakistan — After months of legal deadlock, lawyers in Pakistan said they have new hope they can restore to her family a 13-year-old

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Brethren pastor to lead ‘Baptist’ group in Russia

March 12, 2009

MOSCOW — At a meeting Feb. 23 in Moscow, Alexei Vasilevich Smirnov was elected secretary and head of the Public Council. Although Smirnov is pastor

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