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Hip Hop churches appear to be a growing trend in contemporary ministry. But Madison has a Hop Hop church.

After spending 30 years in the wilderness the "Christian left" is making its voice heard. From Washington, D.C., to Dallas, large conferences have been held in an attempt to politically mobilize these "progressive" Christians. Much can be said about this burgeoning movement, and much will be said in the coming months. Read more.

WASHINGTON – Sen. Barack Obama chastised fellow Democrats on Wednesday for failing to "acknowledge the power of faith in the lives of the American people," and said the party must compete for the support of evangelicals and other churchgoing Americans. Read more. Read the whole speech.Obama Critiqued – by Peter Wood

WASHINGTON (BP)–The connection between religious persecution and support for terrorism demonstrates why freedom of belief should be significant to the foreign policy of the United States and the work of the United Nations, Ambassador John Bolton said recently at Religious Freedom Day on Capitol Hill. Read more.

An evangelical Christian group unveiled an 850-pound granite sculpture of the Ten Commandments yesterday at its Capitol Hill rowhouse a stone’s throw from the Supreme Court, despite a threat of $300-a-day fines. Washington Post story.