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Joe Stowell announces resignation as president of Moody Bible Institute
After 18 years at the post, Joseph Stowell says he's stepping down as president of Moody Bible Institute, which also operates a book publishing company, a radio network, and other ministries.

"God has laid on my heart a calling that I cannot deny," he said today. "Over the last few years I have had a growing and now unshakable conviction that God is calling me to give myself singularly to His Word and its life-changing impact through the ministry of preaching and teaching."

More, including a press release, is available at Moody's website section devoted to presidential transition.

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Free speech and religion:

• Censoring the Bible | The contradiction between secular dogmas of tolerance and religious faith will affect more than just Canada's clergy (Editorial, The National Post, Canada)
  
  
• Worker sues California department over cubicle censorship | A state government worker who alleges he was forced to remove Bible verses, a bumper sticker reading "Marriage: One Man, One Woman" and other religious or political items from the entrance of his office cubicle sued the California Department of Social Services Monday, claiming the action violated his First Amendment rights (Associated Press)
  
  
• Legal trends favor allowing religious fliers in public schools | Some sue if schools let religious fliers be distributed, others sue if they don't — but courts may have tilted in favor of fliers (Charles C. Haynes, First Amendment Center)
  
  
• Council bans call to Muslim prayers | Members of a Lancashire mosque were yesterday wondering why ice cream vans could play their tunes on the streets of Blackburn while the calls that summon Muslims to prayers were banned (The Guardian, London)
  
  

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Christian fraternity sues university:

• Christian frat sues UNC over recognition | Alpha Iota Omega objects to a school requirement that its membership be open to everyone regardless of religion or sexual orientation (Associated Press)
  
  
• Alpha Iota Omega fraternity 'really strong with Lord' | Its name is Greek, but little else about UNC's Alpha Iota Omega fraternity suggests an Animal House lifestyle (The Herald-Sun, Durham, N.C.)
  
  
• Christian fraternity to sue UNC over free speech | A Christian fraternity that had its official recognition revoked is planning to sue UNC, alleging that the university has violated the constitutional rights of the group's members (The Herald-Sun, Durham, N.C.)
  
  
• Earlier: UNC's new religious flap is different | The case of UNC's Alpha Iota Omega fraternity is not the same as the case of the university's InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. The differences are instructive (Editorial, The Chapel Hill Herald, N.C.)
  
  
• Christian frat sues for status despite discrimination policy | Members of the fraternity, Alpha Iota Omega, refused last year to sign the university's policy against discrimination (Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.)
  
  

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