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Pakistan violence:

• Christian school in Pak to close after attack | Will close for at least a year, then reopen elsewhere in southeast Asia (AFP)
  
  
• Murree school closes (Dawn, Karachi, Pakistan)
  
  
• Detained terrorists reveal Pak Christian massacre plot | Four groups assigned to attack U.S. and British-run Christian institutions (AFP)

Church life:

• Worship, etc., on grand scale | Mega-churches: A recent trend in U.S. religion is vast buildings with huge congregations and non-traditional amenities (The Baltimore Sun)
  
  
• Standoff at Pa. parish reflects Episcopal rift | Traditionalist rector risks being deposed if he refuses to abide by church law (The Baltimore Sun)
  
  
• Parish faithful shaken by auditor's findings | At least $1 million missing from coffers (The Plain Dealer, Cleveland)
  
  
• Church's skate park idea nixed by city | Pastor claims law mandating 5 acres of land for play areas limits ministry (The Bay City [Mich.] Times)
  
  
• As churches close, ethnic groups worry about loss | Shrinking community, low funds among reasons for closures (Associated Press)
  
  
• Church members' suit called 'unbiblical' | Members of Antioch Missionary Baptist Church may be kicked out for filing a lawsuit over alleged financial mismanagement (Chicago Sun-Times)
  
  
• MP flays health minister over slighting Christian leaders | Suleiman Franjieh said some Mount Lebanon pastors are "crazy" with an "insatiable thirst for power" (The Daily Star, Lebanon)

Evolution:

• Meet the missing link (wink, wink) | Piltdown taught science a lesson, sort of (U.S. News & World Report)
  
  
• Keep religion out of science education | Just as we can help to create a more moral society without teaching religion in public schools, so can we help to create a more logical citizenry if we can get everyone to park their religion in the designated area (Beverly Carol Lucey, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Other stories of interest:

• Calvin Thielman, Presbyterian pastor and friend of Billy Graham, dies at 72 | Was pastor emeritus of Montreat Presbyterian Church (The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.)
  
  
• Roadwork may move a righteous messenger | Brother Walter, the guy with a different-colored "Jesus Saves" T-shirt each day, will have to hand out his religious pamphlets somewhere else (The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.)
  
  
• Self-proclaimed Messiah draws crowds in Siberia | Thousands of pilgrims have converged on the hamlet of Petropavlovka, deep in Siberia, to hear the annual sermon today by a 41-year-old former traffic policeman who they believe to be Jesus (Sunday Telegraph, London)
  
  
• Flash, flourish, and faith | Ladies and gentlemen, from the theme park capital of the world, behold: the Scriptorium, Bible study like you've never seen it before (The Orlando Sentinel)
  
  
• Academia and the ministry | In 10 years at Yale, the Rev. Jerry Streets has extended his reach. (The Hartford [Conn.] Courant)
  
  
• A turf battle between nonbelievers | Two unorthodox groups, Godless Americans and advocates of a 'polyamory' lifestyle, struggle with boundaries (The New York Times)
  
  
• Fans remember Elvis in their prayers | The vigil, which sprang up impromptu in 1978, the year after Elvis died, has since been ritualized and is the most obvious moment when fandom takes on the trappings of a secular religion (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
  
  

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August (Web-only) 2002, Vol. 46