Luiza Oleszczuk

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  Mar 12, 2012

  Schuller Gives 'Blessing' to Coleman's Departure But Will Not Join Her New Church

  The founder of Crystal Cathedral ministries, the Rev. Robert H. Schuller, has commended the decision of his daughter, Sheila Schuller Coleman, to leave the ministry, but said that he will not join her new church.

• Mar 10, 2012

  Persecution Brief: Pakistani Christian Tortured, Nadarkhani Still Facing Death

  Several reports of the persecution of Christians and related issues appeared in the press this week. Among them was an account of a Christian woman being tortured and humiliated in Pakistan; a false report on Iranian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani having been executed last week; and the anniversary of the death of a Christian government official murdered last year in Pakistan being remembered by both Christians and Muslims.

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  Mar 10, 2012

  US Asked to Prevent Possible 'Genocide' of Persecuted Christians in Southern Sudan

  The Islamist government of Sudan has been accused of taking up again the process of systematically killing the people of the Nuba Mountains, a region in the south of the country that is 30 percent Christian -- and the U.S. government is being called on to intervene.

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  Mar 9, 2012

  Syria's Christians Fear Persecution, Being Forced Out If Assad Is Removed

  Will Christians in Syria -- which has thus far been a relatively safe haven for religious minorities amid recent turmoil in the Middle East -- be persecuted by Muslim extremists and forced to migrate after the fall of President Bashar Assad, as was the case with Iraqi Christians after the fall of Saddam Hussein?

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  Mar 8, 2012

  Mark Driscoll 'Obsessed With Sex,' Says Critic; Followers Ecstatic to See Pastor Go 'Mainstream'

  The popular and controversial book about sex and relationships penned by Seattle megachurch pastor Mark Driscoll has one critic claiming there is a new craze for "sex talk" in the church, while the pastor's followers seem excited that Mars Hill manages to promote a biblical approach to sex among secular audiences.

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  Mar 7, 2012

  NY Imam to Petition for Muhammad's Birthday as a National Holiday

  A New York imam has declared that he will start a campaign on April 22 to make the April 26 birthday of the prophet Mohammad a national holiday celebrated by Muslims and people of other faiths.

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  Mar 7, 2012

  Crystal Cathedral Treading Water? Family Members Fired, 'Hour of Power' Goes to Reruns

  Three family members of Crystal Cathedral's founder the Rev. Robert H. Schuller, including the executive producer of the "Hour of Power," were fired by a vote of the ministry's board last week, it emerged Tuesday. In addition, ministry leaders are considering putting the ailing "Hour of Power" into reruns.

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  Mar 6, 2012

  Dante Gebel's Hispanic Ministry to Leave Crystal Cathedral Campus

  The popular Spanish-language ministry lead by charismatic Argentinean pastor Dante Gebel is moving out of the Crystal Cathedral building in April, the church announced in a statement published on Gebel's Facebook page Monday.

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  Mar 6, 2012

  Maya 2012 End of Days Prediction Explored in New Exhibition (VIDEO)

  Did the Maya believe the world would end in December 2012? That is the question the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (known as Penn Museum) in Philadelphia has taken to exploring in its newest exhibition opening in May.

• Mar 5, 2012

  Bishop Joseph Walker Could Face More Accusers in Sexual Abuse Lawsuit

  More women could come forward amid allegations that Joseph Walker III, head pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church in Nashville, Tenn., and five other church members subjected women to sexual exploitation for at least a decade.