Heat drives Baptists from Detroit hotel

They came to reaffirm their beliefs and tackle pressing church issues, but hundreds of visiting Baptists on Wednesday said their faith had been tested by two days of heat and bad service at one downtown hotel. - 06/25/2009

31,173 nationwide help make handwritten Bible

Cascade Township -- After a 22,000 mile, nine-month journey, a religious publisher in Michigan has assembled a handwritten copy of the Christian Bible, penned by 31,173 people from 40 states. - 06/25/2009

Petitioners to Mormons: Soften gay marriage stance

Salt Lake City -- A group of current and former Mormons at odds with the church's position on gay marriage and its political activism to ban it has launched a Web site asking the faith to soften its stance. - 06/23/2009

Baptists expect a 'lot of learning' at Detroit convention

An estimated 40,000 members of the National Baptist Convention kicked off their 104th annual session of the Congress of Christian Education on Monday at Cobo Center. - 06/23/2009

Warren prayer booth under fire

An atheist-agnostic group is blasting the city for allowing evangelists to set up shop inside a government building. - 06/22/2009

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National convention brings together Baptists

AIDS among church members, pastors' compensation and whether women should be preachers are among the topics to be discussed at the National Baptist Convention's 104th annual session starting Monday at Cobo Center. - 06/20/2009

Churches open their doors for unemployed

South Lyon -- Andrea Line rarely left her house for more than six months after being laid off 15 months ago. - 06/20/2009

Judge denies emergency request for Dearborn festival access

Dearborn --A federal judge has denied a Christian group's motion for an emergency order today in a dispute over the group's right to pass out religious materials at the 14th Dearborn Arab Festival, which begins Friday. - 06/18/2009

Christian group sues Dearborn over Arab festival access

A group that aims to convert Muslims to Christianity has sued the city of Dearborn and its Police Department, claiming the city is violating its free speech and religious rights by limiting its access to patrons at this weekend's 14th annual Dearborn Arab International Festival. - 06/17/2009

Archbishop Vigneron to lead Catholic college

Detroit -- Archbishop Allen Vigneron was elected Tuesday as chairman of the Catholic University of America's board of trustees, the Archdiocese of Detroit announced on its Web site. - 06/10/2009

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Muslims welcome Obama's offer of a 'new beginning'

President Barack Hussein Obama's historic speech at Cairo University last week ignited new hope to re-start relations between America and the world's Muslims on the basis of mutual interest and mutual respect. - 06/10/2009

Ex-pastor receives probation in Lansing child porn case

Lansing -- The former pastor of Plymouth Congregational Church near Lansing has been placed on probation for five years after admitting he possessed child pornography on his laptop computer. - 06/10/2009

Baptist convention to draw 40,000 to Detroit

Detroit -- The city could get a major economic boost later this month when a Baptist education convention comes to town. - 06/10/2009

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Video: Umbrellas in church? Hope rains at Citadel of Praise

Are you tired of the long recession drought? Are you sick of the layoffs, the plant closings, the home foreclosures? Have you had enough of the brain drain, credit crunch, Wall Street woes, and mortgage mayhem? Want to hear some good news for a change? - 06/07/2009

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