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By Kevin Eckstrom Religion News Service With megachurches come mega crowds, mega money, and increasingly, mega security concerns. The crowds — anywhere from 2,000 to 20,000 worshippers each weekend — can be an attractive target for a deranged shooter. Overflowing offering plates are tempting to thieves, and well-known preachers can become high-profile targets. Sunday’s (Dec.…

Associated Press Washington – President George W. Bush recognized Hanukkah on Monday by remembering the kidnapping and murder in 2002 of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl at the hands of Islamic militants in Pakistan. “His only crime was being a Jewish-American – something Daniel Pearl would never deny,” Bush said as he celebrated the…

Associated Press Washington – A book on interfaith relations by a Georgetown University theologian does not accurately reflect Roman Catholic teaching, a U.S. bishops’ committee said Monday. The Rev. Peter C. Phan, in his book “Being Religious Interreligiously: Asian Perspectives on Interfaith Dialogue,” writes that the terms “unique” and “absolute” when referring to Christ may…

Associated Press – December 10, 2007 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The deadly shooting sprees at a megachurch and a missionary training school were believed to have been carried out by the same person – a 24-year-old suburban Denver man who “hated Christians,” a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. The official, who spoke on…
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