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• Christians call on God and bone | Satirical Christian Web site launches text messaging worship services (The Times, London)
• Frivolous exhumation requests cause Church grave concern | Increase in requests signifies shift in public theology (The Daily Telegraph, London)
• Clergy to receive pay rise of £1,000 a year | Church of England study finds many have debts of up to £10,000 (The Daily Telegraph, London)
• Washington city wary of megachurch | Casey Treat's Christian Faith Center already is a very big church. It wants to get bigger. (The Seattle Times)

Ecumenism:

• Anglicans, Lutherans prepare for historic 'marriage' | Communion of Canadian churches acknowledges common bond with the Reformation (The Ottawa Citizen)
• Theologian William G. Rusch makes ecumenical switch | Top NCC ecumenical officer leaves group to head Foundation for a Conference on Faith and Order in North America (UPI)

Black church:

• The tough love miracle | America's black community leaders are driving down crime by mixing faith with attitude (The Sunday Times, London)
• Black preacher helps Bush find inner peace | Kirbyjon Caldwell's emergence as the only black figure in a very select group of presidential friends reflects both an intriguing private relationship and a potentially explosive political trend. (The Sunday Times, London)

Baptists:

• Carter seeking alliance of moderate Baptists | Former president wants Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, Baptist General Convention of Texas, other groups to work together (The New York Times)
• Also: Carter woos unhappy Southern Baptists | Meetings help yield consensus statement with moderate groups (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
• Baptist group to reconsider stance on gays | The moderate Baptists of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship struggled Friday with how to both stay together and take a position on homosexuality. (The Dallas Morning News)

Denominational life:

• Mennonite groups to complete merger | Two largest U.S. Mennonite denominations will form Mennonite Church USA (Associated Press)
• Greek Catholic Patriarch Dies at 93 (Associated Press)

Mormon Olympics?

• Salt Lake City mayor frets over 'complicated' liquor laws | Concerns over alcohol bigger than those about transportation, lodging and security challenges (The Denver Post)
• Games being used as Mormon pulpit? | Critics worry the Temple will be the sole icon of the Olympics (The Denver Post)

Other stories of interest:

• Robertson's bid to build power plant is rejected | Energy Commission says proposed electric plant would be too small for fast-track approval (Los Angeles Times)
• Unfair game: Scientologists get their man | Keith Henson file an international human-rights claim after he's found guilty of a single misdemeanor count of interfering with a religion (LA Weekly)
• Music festival attracts thousands | Celebrate Freedom has become one the largest one-day Christian music events in the country (Associated Press)
• Policy on military women assailed | Rutherford Institute's John Whitehead asks Bush administration to reconsider a military policy that requires female enlisted personnel stationed in Saudi Arabia to wear traditional Muslim head-to-toe clothing at all times when they leave the military base. (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
• Also: Chat with John Whitehead

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