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• Pentecostal church 'sees growth' | Pentecostal Christians outnumber Methodist churchgoers at services in England and Wales, research suggests. (BBC News)

• Latinos will shape future religious landscape | Pollsters say Catholicism remains the religion of choice for most Hispanics in the United States. But evangelical, Pentecostal and other charismatic churches are drawing an increasing number of worshippers away from their traditional choices. (RNS)

• Billy Graham says he and wife will make burial choices | Ailing evangelist Billy Graham said Monday that he and his wife, Ruth, are deciding together where they will be buried, an announcement apparently sparked by a recent report that the family is feuding over the issue. (The Washington Post)

• Christian leaders seek to help pastors battle desires | Gay-sex controversies have led not to new theology but to a call for the church to help pastors fight their urges. (The Los Angeles Times)

• Christians flex a manly attitude | New trend for men rejects meek, mild, effeminate faith (The Los Angeles Times)

• Already a blogger, Boston's Cardinal O'Malley tries his hand at podcasting | Boston's Cardinal Sean O'Malley is going high-tech. He already has his own blog, now he plans to start podcasting to the masses, beginning with downloadable Christmas messages. (USA Today)

Episcopal Split:

• Diocese declares time out on lawsuits | A day after members of nine conservative Episcopal congregations in Virginia announced that they were separating from the national church, officials from the diocese said yesterday that they had reached an agreement with the breakaway churches not to file lawsuits against one another for a month. (The Washington Post)

• Episcopalians against equality | Don't look now, but Virginia is seceding again. (The Washington Post)

• Anglican Communion schism looms | Two of the oldest and largest parishes in the US have chosen to break from their bishop and become a mission of the Nigerian Church. (BBC News)

New Life:

• Second evangelical exits Colo. church under cloud | An ongoing review of staff members at New Life Church initiated in the wake of the Rev. Ted Haggard's dismissal has resulted in the resignation of a pastor who oversaw a youth ministry at the Colorado Springs mega-church. (USA Today)

• Pastor at Haggard's New Life Church resigns over 'sexual misconduct' | A pastor who worked with young adults at New Life Church has admitted sexual misconduct and resigned just weeks after former church leader Ted Haggard stepped down over sexual immorality. (USA Today)

• Another pastor out at New Life Church | A pastor who worked with young adults at New Life Church has admitted sexual misconduct and resigned just weeks after former church leader Ted Haggard stepped down over sexual immorality (Associated Press)

Other:

• Anglo-Saxon finds in church work | An ancient church in East Sussex has been found to be 100 years older than was thought after restoration work uncovered hidden windows and paintings. (BBC News)

• Go ahead for gay rights challenge | The High Court has given leave for a group of Christian organisations to challenge new gay rights legislation. (BBC News)

• Holy marketeers want your soul | The spiritual is making a comeback in Australian society, but in surprisingly diverse ways (The Australian)

• 'I was not drunk' insists bishop | The Bishop of Southwark has denied he was drunk when he suffered head injuries following a drinks reception. (BBC News)

• It's been a good year for conflicts and atheists | As you enjoy your non-denominational pageants, trim your holiday trees and yell season's greetings at each other, the defiantly secular among you could be forgiven for feeling a little smug after all that has happened in 2006. (The Australian)

• Parker wrong about Bible and slavery | For 2,000 years, the Bible was the legal and moral justification for slavery. Repudiation of the Bible ended slavery. (The Sun-Sentinel)

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