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Ministry after 9/11:

• In pulpits, a grateful Christian testifies to deliverance | Sujo John has become a traveling preacher in his own right, crossing the country on weekends to share his World Trade Center story through a first-hand, fundamentalist Christian filter (The New York Times)
• Also: Terror survivor emerges as Christian celebrity | An office worker who believes God saved him is in hot demand as speaker (The National Post)
• Churches bring comfort in troubling times | Big churches get bigger after terrorist attacks (KMBC, Kansas City)
• Faith after the fall | After the hate that laid us low, many turned for help from on high (KCBS, Los Angeles)
• Don't get left behind | Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins say recent events are a glimpse of apocalypse (The Kansas City Star)

Shelter Now workers:

• Families ask governments for help to free aid workers in Afghanistan | Family and friends of detained Shelter Now workers want Australian government to do more (Radio Australia)
• Contact lost with aid workers in Kabul jail | German foreign ministry says they are urgently trying to contact Shelter Now prisoners (The Daily Telegraph, London)

Interfaith dialogue:

• Post-attacks spirit of interfaith tolerance unraveling | Jewish leaders' dismay over recent exposures of incendiary, anti-Semitic comments by some Muslim leaders, and evangelicals' outrage over the massacre of Christians in Pakistan has soured the ecumenical mood (Newhouse News Service)
• Local Episcopal, Jewish leaders seek a dialogue | Three Episcopal bishops last week joined a pro-Palestinian protest in front of the Israeli consulate in Boston (The Boston Globe)

Religious liberty:

• Residents, officials defend police officer | Assistant police chief's letter about religious minorities, gays gets support at council session (The Indianapolis Star)
• Also: Letter brings controversy in Ind. town (Associated Press)
• Christians face dismal plight in Islamic realms (The Washington Times)
• At least ten killed in Nigeria clashes | Violence flared after Christians proposed moving a local government office out of the palace of a Muslim chief (Associated Press)

Religious displays:

• 'Ten Commandments Judge' hit with lawsuit over monument | Meanwhile, Chester County, Pennsylvania, officials are also sued over similar, but decades-old, monument (Freedom Forum)
• All-faiths display to continue | A week after committee banned religious displays from busy intersection, Mission Viejo City Council agreed to continue holiday tradition after all (Los Angeles Times)
• Also: Religious displays to be moved to park | Seasonal exhibit had been erected at the entrance to the city for three decades. (Los Angeles Times)

Evangelism and missions:

• Dishing up some midnight soul food | Revelers staggering home late at night in Belfast are offered tea and leaflets by groups of Christians who take to the streets at weekends to let people know that God loves them. But it's more a case of building bridges than instant evangelism (The Irish Times)
• Sudan nixes evangelistic outreach but pastors carry on | 5,000 people in Khartoum accepted Christ the first—and only—night of the Sammy Tippit crusade (Crosswalk.com)
• Drivers can avoid tickets if they pray with police priest | In Glogow, Poland, Father Piotr gives speeders a picture of St. Christopher—patron saint of travelers—instead of a ticket (Ananova)

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