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In Today's Edition: > N.C. Church Faces Expulsion for Baptizing 2 Homosexual Men > Southern Baptist International Missions May Face Budget Shortfall > Churches Praise Hungary's Court "Pro-Life" Ruling > Canadian Pilgrims Kept Away From Massachusetts Shrine

Daily summaries of the top national and international religious news stories impacting Christians.

In Today's Edition: > Poll: Active Churchgoers More Likely to Express Life Satisfaction > Christians Confront Religious Bureaucracy > Dialogue Begins With Religious Minorities > More Eritrean Protestants Attacked

In Today's Edition: > Justice Department Ends Probe of Texas Professor's Evolution Policy > Pace of Donations for Iraq Disappointing, Relief Groups Say > Southern Baptist Convention Membership Hits 16.2 Million, Record High > Christian Senator Defends Remarks on Gays

In Today's Edition: > Yemeni Man Testifies That He Killed American Missionaries > Pastor Found Guilty on Gay Wedding Charge, Cleared on Ordination Charge > Christians in Nigeria Defy Ban on Easter Celebrations > Crime Scene Greets Easter Worshipers

In Today's Edition: > Progressive Faith Ministries Reaches Out to Indian Nationals > Baptist Leaders Defend Evangelical Aid in Post-War Iraq > Army Refutes 'Baptismal Coercion' > Religion To Determine Nigeria’s Next President

In Today's Edition: > Judge: Church Can Post Seminar Fliers in San Diego Schools > Methodists Call on Bush to `Repent' for Policies > Canadian Churches Take SARS-Related Precautions for Easter Week > South African Archbishop Says Church Cannot Avoid Same-Sex Union

In Today's Edition: > Dad Sues Over Ban on Sending Religious Material to Deployed Son > SARS Quarantines Entire Religious Community > Canadian Imam Apologizes for Jihad Remark > Religion Bestsellers - Paperback

In Today's Edition: > Dobson Remains Chairman of Focus on the Family; New President Named > Sign Faith Statement or Resign, Southern Baptist Missionaries Told > Christian Leaders Arrested in Laos for Leading Church Services > Religion Bestsellers - Hardcover

In Today's Edition: > Update: Paige Interview Contained Errors, Baptist News Service States > Atheists Challenge Ventura’s Nearly Century Old Cross Landmark > Lutheran Financial Network Gives $760,000 to Habitat for Humanity > Williams Says World Peace Depends on the `Peace of Jerusalem'

In Today's Edition: > Update: Paige Clarifies Comments on Religion and Schools > Religious Groups Push Bill to Ban `Conflict Diamonds' > Eritrea Jails 170 Protestant Christians, Another 74 Still Held in Military Prison > Lutherans Cut Budget, Lay-off Nine Employees

In Today's Edition: > Senate Approves Scaled-Back Aid to Religious Charities > Education Secretary's Remarks Draw Criticism > America’s Two Largest Evangelical Associations Form Strategic Alliance > U.S. Official Makes Fence-Mending Visit to the Vatican

In Today's Edition: > Episcopalians to Vote on Same-Sex Unions > Multnomah Publishers, Known for `Prayer of Jabez,' Cuts Staff > Mother of Slain Soldier Wants God to be Glorified > God Uses Cancellation of Healing Festival in United Arab Emirates for His Purpose

In Today's Edition: > Atheist Group Wants Mother Teresa Off Bus Passes > Televangelist Decries Prosperity Message 'Deception' > Nigerian Elections May Bring Sharia Law > Lay Catholics Call for New Hampshire Bishops' Resignation

In Today's Edition: > Appeals Court: Faith-Based Halfway House Constitutional > Russian Islamic Leader Calls for `Jihad' in Iraq > Christian Anti-Hunger Group Says Subsidies Hurt Poor Farmers > Gospel Music Hall of Fame & Museum Announces New Inductees

In Today's Edition: > InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, Rutgers University Resolve Dispute > 'Left Behind' Co-Author's Movie Suit Dismissed > Report: Enrollment Down as Catholic Schools Close, Consolidate > Want Your Church to Grow? Then Bring in the Men

In Today's Edition: > 'Miracle' of American POW's Rescue > Iraqi Christians Find Strength Under Bombardment, See the Conflict as a Mixed Blessing > Anti-Conversion Bill Passes Without Debate > Church Wins Right to Worship

In Today's Edition: > Church Groups Deliver Soap to Iraqi Children > U.S. Missionary Killed in Central America > Ill Boy Makes Wish for African Pastors to Be Given Bibles > Presbyterians to Cut Budget by $3.1 Million

In Today's Edition: > Christians in Iraq Fear the “One Small Spark” That Will Ignite Anti-Christian Violence > Missing Soldier Known for 'Deep Faith,' Commitment to Church > Seminary Removes 'Offensive' U.S. Flags > Christian Peacemaker Threatened With Death Penalty by Indonesian Officials

In Today's Edition: > House Approves Call for National Day of Prayer and Fasting > Humanists, Atheists Ask Bush to Declare `National Day of Reason' > Bush's Faith-Based Plan Scaled Back by Senate Sponsor > Pope Tells Confessors to Stick to Church Teaching