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With fall referendums looming, the Wisconsin Conference of the United Methodist Church has passed a resolution opposing attack ads and urging congregations to hold forums in neutral, public places where state voters can have respectful dialogue on constitutional amendments that would install the death penalty and deny legal status to gay marriages and civil unions. Read more.
Gov. Jim Doyle launched a new state effort to fight poverty Thursday by signing an executive order to create the Wisconsin Office of Community Faith-Based Partnerships. Read more.
Before the start of worship services at Revealing Truth Ministries, four camera operators carefully train their lenses on the altar and the congregation. A small cadre of directors staff the control room to create what will soon become packaged broadcasts on local and national television stations. Read more.
The battle of the blogs is in full swing at the Episcopal General Convention meeting in Columbus, Ohio. Dozens of deputies, at least 11 bishops and a multitude of other hangers-on are using the Internet to slug it out over the same issues that the convention is considering through its conclusion Wednesday. Read more.
MUNICH (ANS) — Which of the 32 soccer teams competing in the World Cup in Germany deserves to be the champion? The side that gives God the utmost glory, says Lucio, a Brazilian soccer pro.
As if a homeschooling mother of five small children didn’t already have her hands full, Jeanne Wagner has felt God call her to lead a newly formed task force called Cherish the Children. This grassroots organization is educating and raising awareness about sexual exploitation in the Madison area.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal judge on Monday rejected a lawsuit from an atheist who said having the phrase "In God We Trust" on U.S. coins and dollar bills violated his First Amendment rights. Read more.
BETHESDA, MD, June 12, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a world where the rate of scientific discovery outpaces anything ever dreamed of in any other era of human history, the idea that “science disproves God” is perhaps one of the commonest arguments now invoked against the existence of an omnipotent Deity.But according to Francis Collins, who headed the team of scientists who cracked the human genome, the argument is a fallacious one. Read more.
GREEN LAKE – Delegates from United Church of Christ congregations around Wisconsin have gone on record against the proposed state constitutional amendment defining marriage that will be on the ballot in November. Read more.
A retired Catholic deacon, John Wargin, died Sunday afternoon and Milwaukee Auxiliary Bishop Richard J. Sklba was injured when the car they were driving to a confirmation ceremony collided with another car near Mayville. Read more.