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• In largest unity movement ever, churches blur denominational lines | Churches Uniting in Christ, which includes nine denominations, has particular emphasis on race (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Coffee serving higher purpose | More churches and synagogues are buying organic, "fair-trade" and "shade-grown" gourmet coffee intended to benefit environmental and social causes (Chicago Tribune)
• Family leaves conflicted church | Police presence, protests disturb parishioners (The Toronto Star)

• Judge says ex-Klansman can be tried | Bobby Frank Cherry will stand trial for 1963 Birmingham church bombing (Associated Press)
• Church official faces charges of embezzlement | Secretary allegedly took $18,000 (Tallahassee Democrat)
• Woman raped in Louisiana church | Police seek suspects (WDSU, New Orleans)

• Defying cops, 3,000 at bishop's funeral | Chinese mourn Catholic bishop of Beijing (Chicago Tribune)
• Also: Funeral of dissident Chinese bishop (BBC)
• Christians in Indonesia | Allowing persecution to happen. (Julia Duin, National Review Online)

• Nigeria executes murder convict | Hanging is first execution since a dozen Nigerian states began introducing the Shariah legal system last year (Associated Press)
• Also: Nigeria's first Sharia execution (BBC)

• Faith: Praying with the heirs of Hus | Moravian Daily Texts is an astonishing booklet that has been printed year after year since 1731 (UPI)
• Also: Jan Hus: The Incendiary Preacher of Prague (Christian History)
• Old Believers keep Russian roots alive in Oregon village | Sect comprised of descendants of dissident Christians who split from the Russian Orthodox Church in the 17th century, then fled to the United States to escape persecution (Associated Press)

• Evangelicals in Minnesota influence national movement | "Maybe we're the Bible necktie," says Evangelical Press Association's Doug Trouten (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
• Also: Minnesota's noteworthy religion stories in 2001 (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)

• Archdiocese fights posters for condoms | Subway ads say Catholic bishops are responsible for deaths (The Washington Post)
• Local ads stir up Utah controversy | Polygamy becomes a target for fun (USA Today)
• Album sales spin slower, ending years of growth | But Christian music sales are up 13.5 percent. New Age music is up 83.2 percent (The Hollywood Reporter)

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