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As the Mayor of Inglis, duly elected by the citizens of this town, and appointed by God to this position of leadership, I proclaim victory over Satan, freedom for our citizens, and liberty to worship our Creator and Heavenly Father, the God of Israel. I take this action in accordance with the words of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, as recorded in Matthew 28:18-20 and Mark 16:15-18.

Risher wrote up the document Halloween night and made five copies. She keeps one in her office. The other four are in hollow fenceposts (painted with the words "Repent, Request, Resist") at the four entrances to the town. Some in the community are raising eyebrows about church and state issues, but Risher is convinced she has the town's backing.

• Call for unity in divided church | A senior leader of the increasingly fragmented Anglican Church of Australia made a plea for unity yesterday, following a rift over a controversial document almost half the church's bishops have refused to sign (The Sydney Morning Herald)
• Earlier: Anglican leader attacks govt (AAP)

• God's foreign policy | Why the biggest threat to Bush's war strategy is not coming from Muslims but from Christians. (Joshua Green, The Washington Monthly)
• Rethinking pacifism | The Quakers' dilemma in a time of war (The American Prospect)
• Local ministers reflect on congregations' reactions to Sept. 11 attacks | While attendance figures may have jumped at first, they are back to normal now. (The Journal-Standard, Freeport, Illinois)
• FBI names fugitive in anthrax hoax | Antiabortion militant called chief suspect in mailing of letters to clinics (The Washington Post)

• Higher yearning | At Patrick Henry College, home-schooled students learn to confront the world (The Washington Post)
• The prayer season| Now that the high school football season is ending, reason begins to emerge all across the South, where this year prayer rivaled the homecoming court as an Extra Added Attraction. (Paul Greenberg, The Washington Times)

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