Lutherans to introduce new outreach strategy | Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson hopes to start sparking changes in the culture and composition of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America as its lay and ordained leaders prepare to endorse a new strategic plan and new mission and vision statements (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)
Lutheran leaders gather for meeting | Leaders of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America gathering this week for their biennial meeting hope to dodge the controversy over homosexuality that dominated an Episcopal assembly (Associated Press)
Church event attracts youths | Thousands attend the festival in Anaheim. An Inland site may be used next year (The Press-Enterprise, Riverside, Calif.)
Also: Messenger on the move | A Riverside pastor combines energy and conviction to become a leading evangelist (The Press-Enterprise, Riverside, Calif.)
Evangelical campaign | Members of 104 South Bay churches join in the Alpha program, a huge effort to gently invite people from outside their churches to dine with them and talk about Christianity (The Mercury News, San Jose, Calif.)
A tent revival. Yes, in Brooklyn | Seven days a week from June through August, a woman called Sister Brenda offers healing and salvation as part of her Miracle Prophecy Crusade (The New York Times)
Ex-con program faces criticism | Residents lashed out Tuesday night against a plan to provide housing and counseling for ex-convicts in Carpentersville (Chicago Tribune)
Also: A conflict Wheaton had first | Towns confront their fears about allowing a transition house for recently released inmates (Daily Herald, suburban Chicago)
African religions attracting Americans | Voodoo, Santeria, and other religions with African roots are drawing followers in the United States among immigrants and black Americans interested in their ancestry, their leaders say (Associated Press)
Judaism through books, not by the Book | Nextbook, a new project to promote Jewish cultural literacy nationwide, is hoping to raise such issues in secular places like public libraries, museums, symphony halls and the Internet (The New York Times)
God? Loud denials and a few shrugs | The New York City Atheists may not need God, but they need each other. And they need each other to disagree (The New York Times)
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