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4. Go forth and make a buck but for God's sake don't keep it, faithful told | There is nothing wrong with being Christian and rich, says the Californian preacher Rick Warren, just so long as you give most of your wealth away (The Sydney Morning Herald)
   
   
5. Also: 40,000-strong makes a merry throng at Hillsong | Seventy-one countries and 21 denominations are represented at the evangelical Christians' Hillsong Conference in Sydney this week (The Daily Telegraph, NSW, Australia)
   
   
6. Willie's church | That's a tough act to follow at the Abbott Methodist Church. But at least there will be acts to follow (Editorial, Waco Tribune-Herald, Tex.)
   
   

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Missions and ministry:

1. Jews for Jesus hit town and find a tough crowd | Jewish groups have united in opposition to a campaign that has set off debates about religion, ethnicity, and culture (The New York Times)
   
   
2. Graham son brings word to Baltimore | Health permitting, Billy Graham will preach a brief message Sunday. But the unmistakable leader of the event will be Franklin Graham (The Baltimore Sun)
   
   
3. Churches, saying lessons learned, prepare for next disaster | Many religious leaders acknowledge their response wasn't well-organized. This time, they'll be ready (Associated Press)
   
   

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Interfaith relations:

1. Mediating the mosque dispute | Panel calls for quiet resolution (The Boston Globe)
   
   
2. Israel's version of 'Wife Swap,' in which cultures and religions collide | In a country where Jews and Arabs rarely mix, a reality television show brings together unlikely religious bedfellows, with mixed results (The New York Times)
   
   
3. Putin warns of Christian-Islam conflict | Christians, Jews, Muslims and Buddhists from several dozen countries including Iran, Israel and the United States have gathered in Moscow for the World Summit of Religious Leaders (The New York Times)
   
   

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India:

1. Priests, nuns can practise as advocates: SC | Priests and nuns can continue practise law in addition to performing their church duties. The SC on Tuesday refused to stay a Kerala HC ruling in favour of priests and nuns, despite reservations expressed by Bar Council of India (The Times of India)
   
   
2. Nuns, priests cannot enroll as advocates: Bar Council | Special Leave Petitions against Kerala High Court verdict admitted (The Hindu, India)
   
   

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Other stories of interest:

1. Rebel who preyed on children is offered amnesty | Uganda delivered a stinging rebuff to the International Criminal Court yesterday by offering an amnesty to Joseph Kony, the notorious rebel leader, despite his formal indictment for war crimes (The Telegraph, London)
   
   
2. Faith-based coverage | An Iowa insurer's policies for churchgoers are attracting an increasing number of Christians (The Denver Post)
   
   
3. Couple ends trek for morals | The Rev. Rick McKinney and his wife, Jane, crossed the Arlington Memorial Bridge into Washington yesterday, completing a 2,800-mile trek from Los Angeles in the name of moral and spiritual values (The Washington Times)
   
   
4. Nearly 500 Bibles buried in sacred ceremony | The idea for the respectful disposal of the bibles, mostly in Gaelic, came from the Ness Charity shop which had become overwhelmed by the number handed in (BBC)
   
   
5. NFA impounds church timber | The National Forest Authority (NFA) is in a bitter row with the Catholic community of Nyakaji in Odupi sub-county, Arua district for impounding timber that the Christians had collected to roof their chapel (New Vision, Uganda)
   
   
6. Singling out Israel | Leaders of the United Church of Canada's Toronto section have blundered into the Middle East mess by calling for a one-sided boycott of companies and products from Israeli settlements on occupied land (Editorial, The Toronto Star)
   
   

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