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Taking a bow to the Emergent folks, the piece discussed the latest postmodern Christianity craze and said many Fuller grads are adopting the term "Post-Evangelicals."—at least according to the Times.

The article was a tad condescending, as if the Times was patting Fuller on the head for being a good little postmodern seminary. Still, the article made clear that the school has no intention of leaving its Bible-based faith. Seminary president, Richard Mouw is quoted saying he's sticking to the fundamentals he was taught as a child: "That Jesus loves me, that there's a God in charge of history, that there's a book I can turn to for guidance … Now, I've nuanced those. But they're still the things I hold on to for dear life."

The article also played up a tension felt at Fuller since its founding: can Fuller maintain its Bible-believing, Jesus-is-Lord faith, and still be progressive, culturally relevant, and academically respected?

So far, Fuller has, but as the Times noted, the coming decades only promise to make the tension even more taut.

Weblog apologizes for today's weak article list. Come back at 5 p.m. Eastern for more.

Other boycotting:

• Churches back boycotts of Taco Bell, pickler over migrant workers | The boycotts are meant to force pay raises for migrants who harvest tomatoes and cucumbers. (Washington Post)
  
  
• Area churches walk a fine line | Houses of worship are welcoming peaceful protesters, while trying not to alienate parishioners who favor a hemispheric free-trade pact. (Miami Herald)
  
  

Struggling churches:

• A lively scramble to make ends meet | A look at the books of Broadway Pres, a 178-year-old congregation that has been on the corner of 114th Street on the Upper West Side since 1912, shows how a small church can survive — even flourish — thanks to ownership of real estate next (The New York Times)
  
  
• Deaf congregation on East Side fears for its future | In its reorganization, the archdiocese is looking closely at churches that fall below the average for their geographical area in four categories: baptisms, average weekend Mass attendance, average daily Mass attendance and enrollment in religious education classes. St. Elizabeth's lags considerably on all four counts (The New York Times)
  
  
• Update: Armenian church in downtown demolished | Only a morning fog could delay the walls of an 80-year-old downtown Armenian church from tumbling down as demolition began less than two days after Fresno City Council approval. (Fresno Bee, CA)
  
  

Ministry:

• Church Offers Haven, Link to Heritage | Large Korean Congregation Provides Language Lessons and Other Services While Becoming a Community Force (Washington Post)
  
  
• Chances are even God would approve | Rep play pokes fun at church politics (The Tennessean)
  
  
• 'Come Sunday': Ellington for the soul -- and sole | The "Come Sunday" concert of liturgical music and dance Friday at the Metropolitan Baptist Church excerpted works from Ellington's three oratorio-like "Sacred Concerts" to create an entertaining religious-musical spectacle (The Washington Post)
  
  
• Operation Christmas Child: Every gift is meant to be given to a certain child | Area churches are the drop-off points for the world's largest Christmas project, which gives a gift found in a shoebox, to suffering children worldwide. (Daily Courier, PA)
  
  
• Romanians in South Florida stay grounded in culture | "Their social groups are in the churches," said Father Dimitri Sasu, the pastor of the 350-member Holy Trinity Romanian Orthodox Church in Miramar. (South Florida Sun-Sentinel, FL)
  
  

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