For the second time in six months, the city has ordered a group of Christian worshippers who meet inside homes to get a permit or shut down. It’s the latest incident in which religious groups in Southern California have been targeted by cities for home gatherings, though many of those groups were eventually allowed to [...]
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Missionaries Go to Haiti, Followed by Scrutiny
February 18th, 2010 
Mysha Their holy books vary widely and so does their disaster apparel. Devotees of Supreme Master Ching Hai, a Vietnamese spiritual leader, wore fluorescent yellow vests on their way into quake-damaged Haiti. Mormons wore their trademark white shirts and ties. And an array of others — Scientologists, Presbyterians, Lutherans, Jews and Muslims — each printed T-shirts [...]
‘Bar Church’ Ministers To Any And All Comers
October 22nd, 2009 Mysha “I’ve closed a bar down, but never opened one up,” joked Darin Wilson. Where can one hold a Bible in one hand and nurse a beer in the other? It’s at The Red Door, a ministry held at the Willowdale Saloon, 5905 W. Highway 11, Janesville, led by Beloiter Kathy Price. In an effort to [...]
Who Are You Worshiping
September 21st, 2009 Mysha I read a news story today about a “Jedi church founder thrown out of Tesco for refusing to remove his hood was left ‘emotionally humiliated‘. It made me shake my head with sadness. What will we think of next? The aspect of the story that made such a negative impression on my brain was not [...]
