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July 2, 2009 – Pakistan’s top Taliban leader, Baitullah Mehsud, is buying children as young as 7 to serve as suicide bombers in the growing spate of attacks against Pakistani, Afghan and U.S. targets, U.S. Defense Department and Pakistani officials say.
A Pakistani official, who spoke on the condition that he not be named because of [...]

July 2, 2009 – Police in Texas said they used a Taser on a pastor and pepper spray on his congregants after the man interfered with a traffic stop in the church parking lot.
Police said the traffic stop Wednesday morning involved a member of the Iglesia Profetica Peniel church in its parking lot in Webster, [...]

July 2, 2009, Nashville, TN – The Youth Crusade exists to provide youth with resources to equip and empower them for all aspects of life as it relates to spiritual, emotional, educational, physical and financial well-being.
The “You Can Make It Youth Crusade embodies the vision of the Mt. Zion Baptist Church, for its focus is [...]

July 1, 2009 – New York, NY – City Parks Foundation is pleased to announce the kick-off of its summer season of free performing arts in New York City parks on Thursday, July 2.  The trio of performing arts festivals – CityParks Concerts, CityParks Dance and CityParks Theater presented by Time Warner provides top music, [...]

July 1, 2009 – The senior pastor of Riverside Church, the renowned bastion of liberal theology and social activism on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, is resigning after just nine months on the job.
The pastor, the Rev. Dr. Brad R. Braxton, has been the focus of a fierce battle within the congregation over his [...]

July 1, 2009 – Facing a grueling concert schedule, Michael Jackson, the self-proclaimed King of Pop reached out to two old friends-legendary Gospel singer Andrae Crouch and his twin sister, singer and minister, Sandra, desperately seeking inspiration for a tour he was ill-prepared for, a few weeks before his tragic death.
This has been revealed in [...]

July 1, 2009 – The wife of a nationally known televangelist has penned a book about ministers who cheat and the women who love them.
The book, entitled “Warning To Ministers, Their Wives and Mistresses,” is the provocative new book by Dr. Betty Price, wife of Apostle Frederick K.C. Price.
Price is the pastor of bicoastal mega-church [...]

July 1, 2009 – A person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press that no public memorial would be held at Neverland Ranch and that Jackson would likely be buried in Los Angeles.
The source, who was not authorized to speak for the family and requested anonymity, told the AP that nothing is planned [...]

Jefferson County MO,  July 1 – A television ministry based in Jefferson County, Mo., says it is ready to provide material sought in a civil suit involving former employee Christopher Coleman, who is accused of killing wife and two sons at their home in Columbia.
Joyce Meyer Ministries says it wants the material kept private, but [...]

Brooklyn NY,  June 21 – A Brooklyn pastor was busted in his native Jamaica for having sex with a 15-year-old girl while a 14-year-old watched, authorities said yesterday.
The Rev. Paul Lewis, founder of the Messengers for Christ Ministries World Healing Center, was held without bail on charges of carnal abuse and indecent assault, Jamaican police [...]