Texan leads international
effort against ethnic cleansing
___By Kenny Byrd & Robert O'Brien
___STOCKHOLM, Sweden--Forty-four people from a variety of nations, world religions, ethnic backgrounds, governments, organizations and professional disciplines came to Stockholm, Sweden, for the first conference on "Reverence and Reconciliation: A Healing Response to Ethnic Cleansing" in late January.
___The event was organized by San Marcos pastor Doug Tipps, who urged those present to "think outside the box."
___"We did not come here to play it safe ... but because we're willing to risk something," said Tipps, pastor of First Baptist Church in San Marcos and founder of Global Strategies, an international organization working for personal and civil liberties.
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Gallup sees Americans rushing
toward 'religion a la carte'
___By Cecile Holmes
___Houston Chronicle
___HOUSTON (RNS)--The nation's premier pollster says the spiritual quest percolating among Americans today might best be described as "religion a la carte."
___Although a Canadian sociologist, Reginald Bibby, coined the term, it has been pollster George Gallup Jr. who has most thoroughly researched its application in the United States.
___At the dawn of a new century, Gallup concludes Americans "pick and choose" what they want to believe, often mixing differing ideas from within one religion or blending two or more different religions into a personal belief system.
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Singer Clay Crosse turns a page
in facing porn problem
___By Todd Starnes
___Baptist Press
___Dealing with pornography is not an easy topic to address with believers, especially when it involves one's personal struggle, according to Christian singer Clay Crosse. And while he wasn't addicted to porn, Crosse said, he struggled with it to the extent that his marriage and his ministry were becoming clouded. It is a problem many men deal with--and one that can be overcome "with God's strength and support in our lives."
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This week the Standard explores a literature campaign by Missouri layman Roger Moran that BGCT leaders have labelled "slander." Is it guilt by association, or just the facts?
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