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Presbyterian Church (USA)

• Overture saying church is called to present the claims of Jesus Christ narrowly approved | An overture narrowly passes for commissioners "to affirm that the church is called to present the claims of Jesus Christ, leading persons to repent of sin, to accept Jesus as the only Savior and Lord of the whole world, and to pursue a new life as his." (The Presbyterian Layman)
  
  
• Presbyterians work to reverse loss of members | What to do about the membership decline is at the center of several issues before the church's legislative meeting this week in Denver. (Denver Post)
  
  
• PFR speaker says he sees 'signs of hope' in PC(USA) (PCUSA News Release)

Post-war Iraq:

• Evangelizing Iraq | The Christian-missionary question (David Klinghoffer, National Review Online)
  
  
• Onward, Christian missionaries | Evangelization in Iraq (William F. Buckley, National Review Online)
  
  
• Speak no evil | The passing of an era in the Episcopal church? (Joyce Milton, National Review Online)
  
  
• Islamic justice taking hold in Baghdad | Clerics fill void with de facto courts, while moving against western influences (The Washington Post)
  
  
• Revisiting the pope's stance on Iraq | Beyond the inconsistencies revealed by an internal Catholic clash between liberal and neoconservative intellectuals, is there anything more to say about the pope's moral leadership in matters of war and peace, and its apparently limited effect? (Peter Steinfels, The New York Times)
  
  
• Three anti-war nuns prepare to enter prison | Released from jail for the first time in six months, the peace activist nuns are on a whirlwind tour of potluck suppers, doctors' appointments and visits to family and friends (Associated Press)

Life ethics and human rights:

• Murder case sparks abortion row | Prolife campaigners in America are using a murder case to try to force the federal government to recognize the fetus as an individual in cases of violent crime (BBC)
  
  
• Euthanasia test case woman can die | A court in Australia has given doctors permission to stop feeding a terminally-ill woman. (BBC)
  
  
• Also: Verdict in 'right-to-die' test case awaited in Australia (CNS News)
  
  
• 'Thousands of slaves in Sudan' | More than 11,000 people have been abducted in 20 years of slave-raiding in Sudan, a new report says. (BBC)
  
  
• Amnesty condemns rights abuses | The human rights group Amnesty International has said there is serious cause for concern about human rights abuses in Afghanistan. (BBC)

Church life:

• The first church of liberalism | The Rev. Bob Edgar keeps the National Council of Churches consistently on the left wing (Rachel DiCarlo, The Weekly Standard)
  
  
• Supreme Court upholds award in case affecting stadium ruling | High punitive damages allowed in church suit against insurer (The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)
  
  
• Historic churches get helping hand | The Interior Department announced this week that historic churches now can receive federal preservation grants under the "Save America's Treasures" program. (The Intelligencer)
  
  
• Also: Historic churches now eligible for federal preservation funds (Baptist Press)
  
  
• Matters of the sole | Oh, what a flap over flip-flops (Kristen Campbell, Mobile Register, Ala.)
  
  
• Priest faulted in fund raising | Misdeeds in LA mirror those cited in dismissal of predecessor in Frisco (The Dallas Morning News)
  
  
• 3 churches to close in northern Indiana (Associated Press)
  
  
• Germany's Catholics, Protestants come together for historic event (Deutsche Welle)
  
  

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