Living by faith By BILL SHERMAN World Religion Writer Reader comments (16) Squeezed by the recession, Tulsa's only full-time Christian school for developmentally disabled ... Monday, November 16, 2009		Living with the homeless By BILL SHERMAN World Religion Writer Reader comments (33) Wearing a 2-week-old beard and free clothes from a clothing bank, the Rev. Deron Spoo last ... Saturday, November 14, 2009
Step in for children with shoe box gifts By BILL SHERMAN World Religion Writer Reader comments (4) Tulsa-area collection centers will open Monday for Operation Christmas Child, an annual effort ... Saturday, November 14, 2009		Runner raising money for Bibles By BILL SHERMAN World Religion Writer Reader comments (9) Richard Irons will turn 76 on Thursday. Saturday, November 14, 2009
This week By Staff Reports Reader comments (0) Speaker Andre Pelser, fromCape Town, South Africa. 10:30a.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday, AscensionChurch, ... Saturday, November 14, 2009		Evangelist sentenced to 175 years for sex crimes By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press Writer Reader comments (47) Evangelist Tony Alamo used his stature as a self-proclaimed prophet to force underage girls ... Friday, November 13, 2009
Well-known evangelical will speak at First Baptist By BILL SHERMAN World Religion Writer Reader comments (8) Tony Campolo, a left-leaning evangelical, will speak at 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Nov. 15 at First ... Sunday, November 08, 2009		Survey reveals struggles By BILL SHERMAN World Religion Writer Reader comments (72) Ben Crittenden was not shocked by a survey suggesting nearly 40 percent of gay, lesbian or ... Saturday, November 07, 2009
this week By Staff Reports Reader comments (0) The Ellis Brothers in concert. 6 p.m. Sunday, Saturday, November 07, 2009		Community connection By BILL SHERMAN World Religion Writer Reader comments (0) Presbyterian Churches in Brookside, a partnership of three independent churches, has invested ... Saturday, November 07, 2009
Inside Openarms, all are welcomed By BILL SHERMAN World Religion Writer Reader comments (6) Openarms Youth Project seems like a typical youth hangout. Saturday, November 07, 2009		Tulsa, world to honor religious compassion By BILL SHERMAN World Religion Writer Reader comments (4) Interfaith services around the world next week will celebrate one of the oldest and most universal ... Saturday, November 07, 2009
Muslim groups decry rampage By BILL SHERMAN World Religion Writer Reader comments (23) Muslims across the United States expressed dismay over the Thursday shooting spree that left ... Saturday, November 07, 2009		A faith-based prison is pushed By BILL SHERMAN World Religion Writer Reader comments (98) This tiny town near the Oklahoma-Kansas state line north of Enid may soon own the country's ... Monday, November 02, 2009
Religious reaction to new hate crime law mixed By BILL SHERMAN World Religion Writer Reader comments (180) Adding sexual orientation to the federal hate crimes law was either a grave threat to the Constitution ... Saturday, October 31, 2009		'It's a human issue' By BILL SHERMAN World Religion Writer Reader comments (14) Three longtime teenage friends are putting loose change to work helping victims of AIDS in ... Saturday, October 31, 2009
South Tulsa Baptist to dedicate new addition By BILL SHERMAN World Religion Writer Reader comments (9) South Tulsa Baptist Church, 10310 S. Sheridan Road, will dedicate its new 1,250-seat worship ... Saturday, October 31, 2009		Religion Briefs By BILL SHERMAN World Religion Writer Reader comments (1) The Depot Youth Center, the youth ministry at Word of Life Church in Sand Springs, will reopen ... Saturday, October 31, 2009
This week By BILL SHERMAN World Religion Writer Reader comments (1) Chancel choir presentingGabriel Faure’s “Requiem. Saturday, October 31, 2009		Haskell Co. seeks review of 10 Commandments ruling By Associated Press Reader comments (3) Attorneys for Haskell County commissioners are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a ruling ... Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Bishops discuss authority over Catholic colleges
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
BALTIMORE (AP) -- Fallout continues from the summer controversy over the University of Notre Dame awarding an honorary degree to President Barack Obama, who supports abortion rights....

'Holy hip-hop' trying to break into mainstream
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Terverius Black believes in hip-hop gospel so much he sold his first home to get the money needed to start his Christian-themed entertainment company....

Religion News in Brief
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- Former megachurch pastor Ted Haggard said he will continue to hold weekly prayer meetings at his home, three years after he was ousted from the church he founded amid a scandal involving a male prostitute and drug use....

Pope prays for all kids on UN rights anniversary
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI called Wednesday for greater international efforts to ensure basic human rights for children, saying he was praying for all young people who suffer....

Saaka's 29 helps Furman beat Presbyterian 68-64
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) -- Amu Saaka scored a career-high 29 points and Furman rallied to defeat Presbyterian 68-64 on Tuesday night....

In WA, old mining town elects a Muslim mayor
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
GRANITE FALLS, Wash. (AP) -- Granite Falls residents are suspicious of any newcomers, let alone a Muslim native of Pakistan who moved to this rugged, blue-collar mining town to open his own bar....

Golden cross in Vatican's collection gets new look
Thursday, November 19, 2009
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- One of the gems of the Vatican''s priceless religious art collection - a 6th century reliquary containing what is revered as fragments of the cross on which Jesus was crucified - has been restored to its Byzantine-era glory....

Struggling Anglican leader in Rome for papal talks
Thursday, November 19, 2009
ROME (AP) -- The Archbishop of Canterbury sought Thursday to downplay the implications of the Vatican''s unprecedented invitation for Anglicans to join the Catholic Church as he arrived in Rome for his first talks with the pope on the new policy....

New Lutheran body to form after gay pastor vote
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
NEW BRIGHTON, Minn. (AP) -- The split over gay clergy within the country''s largest Lutheran denomination has prompted a conservative faction to begin forming a new Lutheran church body separate from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America....

Calif. launches probe into scam targeting churches
Friday, November 20, 2009
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- California is investigating several companies suspected of bilking churches nationwide of hundreds of thousands of dollars through fraudulent computer leasing schemes, authorities said Friday....