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• Three judges order Ten Commandments displays taken down | But another judge in Tennessee county says he'll leave religious codes in courtroom until ordered to remove them. (Associated Press)
  
  
• Wilson County commissioners back posting commandments | Vote was unanimous and without debate (The Tennessean, Nashville)
  
  
• Earlier: County considers support for posting Ten Commandments | June Griffin crisscrossed the state urging county commissions to approve such resolutions (The Tennessean)
  
  

Persecution:

• New spate of attacks targets Christians | Violence against India's Christian minority has surged this year, with reports of at least one attack each week in what church leaders are calling a "reign of terror" spreading throughout the country (The Washington Times)
  
  
• War tensions tough on Christians in Iraq | Exodus tilting secular state toward Islam (San Francisco Chronicle)
  
  

Politics:

• Church and state don't mix | Social conservatism does not need to be forced upon us. It is inevitable because it is sensible. (Elizabeth Nickson, National Post)
  
  
• What's God got to do with it? | Can the attorney general be trusted to protect the rights of those whose spiritual life rests outside of the Judeo-Christian tradition when he has excluded them from the ranks of civilized people? (Robert Scheer, Los Angeles Times)
  
  

Church and state:

• Mission's rooftop cross violates city ordinance | The lighted sign has stood on the roof of the Orlando Union Rescue Mission men's shelter for 40 years (The Orlando Sentinel)
  
  
• Virginia governor to decide if national motto should be posted in courts | Meanwhile, state Senate approves measure requiring schools to display 'In God We Trust' signs. (Associated Press)
  
  

Crime:

• Andersen tries to settle Baptist case | Accounting firm offers $150 million to the foundation's bankruptcy trust. (USA Today)
  
  
• Anger over `meditation for jail' deal | A Christian group is outraged at a pilot project in which lawbreakers are avoiding jail and hefty fines by instead taking transcendental meditation courses. (The Sunday Times, Perth, Western Australia)
  
  

Church life:

• From Air Force officer to rural pastor | The odyssey of Danny Rachel (State Gazette, Dyersburg, Tennessee)
  
  
• Church's rebirth transcends race | Black congregation welcomes white preacher in push to restore structure as well as flock (The Denver Post)
  
  
• Disputed church rising again after work delay | Residents unhappy about the large concrete building in a field where people once walked their dogs (The Denver Post)
  
  

Pastoral integrity:

• Pastor cites "improper relationship," quits | Bell Shoals Baptist Church is one of the Tampa Bay area's fastest-growing churches (The Tampa Tribune)
  
  
• Sacked vicar returns to preach after third marriage plans | Twice-divorced vicar was fired seven years ago when he announced plans to marry again (Ananova)
  
  

Missions & ministry:

• Aid worker claims set-up | Shelter Now's Diana Thomas Peter Bunch say a Muslim family had persistently asked to see a Christian video called Jesus, and after they saw it the two American Shelter Now workers were arrested (AAP)
  
  
• Earlier: Entrapment Suspected | Shelter Now leader believes workers were pawns in Taliban scheme. (Christianity Today, Jan. 18)
  
  
• Chaplains help ease stress for police | Program targets officers' tensions (Chicago Tribune)
  
  
• AIDS victims need churches' help | An interview with Franklin Graham (USA Today)
  
  
• Michigan missionaries help out in Haiti | Group of 50 will immunize hundreds of children (Associated Press)
  
  

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