Interview
Churches can learn how to grow says German author Christian Schwarz
He says mainline churches don't have to accept loss as a given, or as a natural phenomenon, like an earthquake
Religion
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Society
Rural churches stay strong across Canada, the heart of faith and hope
Churches are holding rural communities together in our changing countryside, a beacon of ecumenical leadership even as resources and population dwindle
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Interview
Summit of interfaith leaders across Canada to deliver G8 message
Karen Hamilton, general secretary of the Canadian Council of Churches, is coordinating the meeting, which will produce its own declaration for the political leaders
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Society
Church founded by son of disgraced televangelists is small, humble
Jay Bakker, son of Jim and Tammy Faye, preaches at Revolution Church in Brooklyn, N.Y., baffled by Christians who want to force others to live by their standards
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Society
Church calls me, even though I left it behind long ago, author says
She decided to go to a United Church service five weeks in a row. She didn't have a big "aha" moment, but her faith grew a little
