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No, they're not leaving Islam for Christianity. Some are  embracing atheism and that's surprising in a country where their religion colors just about everything.

Church burns ... Bibles. The pastor says the King James version is the only accurate text. When I read this the other day, it got me thinking about all the previous strikes against Christianity --  from within.

Nearly one in four people worldwide is Muslim -- and they are not necessarily where you might think, according to an extensive new study that aims to map the global Muslim population.

Should this change the way we observe holidays and observances in this country?

Evangelist Franklin Graham has temporarily

given up

future contributions to his retirement plans from the two ministries where he's the CEO, saying his total compensation "looks terrible."

Luigi Garlaschelli created a copy of the shroud by wrapping a specially woven cloth over one of his students, painting it with pigment, baking it in an oven (which he called a "shroud machine") for several hours, then washing it.

His result looks like the cloth that many Christians through the centuries have believed is the actual burial shroud of Jesus, he told CNN.

I am not the most technologically savvy, so I'm not on Facebook and I don't Twitter. But what does this say about us? What does it say about humanity?

People of Faith Against the Death Penalty will hold its 15th anniversary awards banquet in Greensboro on Nov. 7 .
Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton  are keynote speakers. The two are authors of the New York Times bestseller “Picking Cotton,” which tells the story of how Thompson-Cannino misidentified Cotton as the man who raped her when she was a student at Elon University. Cotton spent 11 years in prison before being exonerated.
Brian Goldberg of Greensboro, chair of the Guilford County chapter of the group, will receive the Rev. Robert E. Seymour Award, the organization’s highest honor.
Greensboro’s New Creation Community Presbyterian Church, which hosted the group’s meetings for six years, will receive the Faith in Action award
The banquet is 6 p.m., Nov. 7, Temple Emanuel, 1129 Jefferson Rd. in Greensboro . Tickets are available at www.pfadp.org or by calling (919) 933-7567 .

Church World Service

staff will hold an information session called "Refugee Financial Assistance" at noon, Oct. 20, at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church. This session will go into more specific detail about financial assistance programs for newly arriving refugees.  Anyone who wishes to know more about the process of refugee resettlement is encouraged by

FaithAction International House

to attend this session.  Bring a bag lunch along with your questions.
 

The Children’s Home Society of North Carolina might just be the first out of the gate this year: Christmas cards!

The non-profit’s 2009 cards again feature artwork created by nationally recognized artist Cary Savage-Ingram with the inside message, “May the HolidaySeason fill your home with joy, your heart with love, and your life with laughter.”

Each set includes 20 (5”x7”) cards with envelopes for $25, which includes tax and shipping.

For more information on purchasing, call (800) 632-1400. To order online, go to www.chsnc.org

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