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Daily Report: Money and Politics

Pastors challenge IRS rule with partisan talk

November 21, 2012, 12:05 AM
Larry Ihrig, the longtime pastor of Celebration Christian Center in Livermore, began a recent Sunday sermon with the issue on everyone’s mind: the outcome of the presidential election. “Now, some of you may glory in the result, but I know some of you are disappointed,” Ihrig... + read more
Spotlight: Health and Welfare

The Other Convention: A Church Votes on Gay Rights

September 14, 2012, 12:04 AM
Church faithful from around the world gather in Tampa, Fla., where they are lobbied by progressive and conservative camps, provoking heated debate and then a vote. + read more
Daily Report: K–12

Controversial church sends kids to solicit money at BART stations

December 21, 2011, 12:05 AM
A West Oakland church and private school that sends children to solicit donations at BART stations has a history of financial and legal troubles, including two cases in which church leaders admitted they illegally received government assistance. The children, including one who said he was 7... + read more
Daily Report: General Assignment

Walnut is latest city accused of land-use religious discrimination

September 24, 2010, 12:20 AM
The U.S. Justice Department this month marked a decade spent protecting the faithful from planning and zoning discrimination by filing a lawsuit against the California city of Walnut. Two-and-a-half years ago, the city of 30,000 east of Los Angeles denied the Chung Tai Zen Center a permit to... + read more
Christianity, religion
Daily Report: General Assignment

Mapping Christianity

March 19, 2010, 12:02 AM
An analysis of user-generated content placed onto Google maps shows a lot of references to the Baptist faith in placemarks located on top of California. The map, produced by floatingsheep.org, parsed out religious references from Google placemarks to create maps of Christianity.  The... + read more
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