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WESTMINSTER HOUSE, abutting fraternity row just off the University of California’s Berkeley campus, is a dorm with a mission: “Share the ‘Good News’ of God’s love in Jesus Christ.” To explain: Three years ago, Westminster House, a home owned by the Presbyterian Church since 1911, added accommodations for 126 students, complete with wireless access and T-1 ports. The dorm was the brainchild of the Rev. Randy Bare, the campus pastor, and has drawn admiration and imitation from campus ministries across the country. Pres House, a church and community center bordering Library Mall at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, began…

NELSON, NZ (ANS) — A group of 10 churches in the Nelson area have joined together under the banner All for One.The churches come from a variety of denominations, ranging from Anglican, Church of Christ and Presbyterian to Pentecostal and independents.John Taylor, pastor of Spring of Life Elim, Nelson, says the group arose from a pastors’ meeting which has been running over the past decade.“Some of us felt God was wanting us to be more specific, more identifiable, one body, as laid out in Ephesians 4-6. We settled on the name late last year, and have been running combined services…