Summer Hours St. George’s Episcopal Church, 4 p.m. Saturdays and 9 a.m. Sundays through August, 3 Emerson St., Sanford. Sanford Unitarian Universalist Church, 9:30 a.m. Sundays, in the parlor at Main and Lebanon streets, Sanford. 324-3191. Islands Community Church, 9:30 a.m., Harpswell Islands Road, Bailey Island, Harpswell. Non-denominational church with guest preachers. Call Mary Robinson […]
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Vatican: U.S. nuns must promote unity
After a meeting with church leaders, the sisters are told they need to stress core teachings.
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Southern Baptists set to elect 1st black president
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Four months ago, two African-American pastors stood in a hallway of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Nashville headquarters looking at a row of white faces. The portraits of the 56 convention presidents since the denomination’s 1845 founding are in large picture frames holding several portraits each. The final frame holds empty slots. “They […]
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Crystal Cathedral ministry finds a new home for ‘Hour of Power’
The move makes room to accommodate a growing Catholic population in Orange County, Calif.
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Reflections: Whatever way you crow, God understands
Once upon a time there was a rooster who lived together with many other animals on a farm. It happened that every morning before the sun was up the rooster would turn to the other animals and he would say: “Now I am going to crow in order to wake the sun.” So the rooster […]
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Can established ministries save souls one click at a time?
Billy Graham Crusades is taking its years of experience and adapting it to the Internet.
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Atheist faces new setback in cross suit
A panel affirms a ruling that found no grounds to sue over a state grant for repairs to an Illinois cross.
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Religion Calendar
Today Annual yard sale, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Blue Point Congregational Church, 236 Pine Point Road, Scarborough. The Campbells, 6:30 p.m., “New England’s First Family of Southern Gospel Music,” performance at Assembly of God Church, 243 Cumberland Ave., Portland. Call the Rev. W.B. Mitchell at 756-5616 for details. St. George’s Episcopal Church summer schedule […]
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Black ministers divided over Obama’s views on gay marriage
Most of the clergy at a national gathering oppose gay nuptials, but a speaker offers a different opinion.
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Reflections: Mission in Maine: Sharing Good News for compassionate change
Christianity Today magazine was founded in 1956 by Billy Graham, and the first editor was Dr. Nelson Bell, a Christian medical missionary to China. You may remember that his daughter, Ruth Bell, met Billy Graham at Wheaton College in Illinois and later became Mrs. Billy Graham. The magazine is dedicated to keeping the public aware […]