SI Council of Churches installs officers - Staten Island Advance Serving another term as president is the Rev. James L. Seawood, pastor of Brighton Heights Reform Church. First vice president and Social Witness chairwoman is the Rev. Janet Jones, pastor of Rossville A.M.E. Zion Church. The Rev. Matthew Roche ... Publ.Date : 2012-02-04T10:59:00Z
Obama: Push for mortgage reform - Politico.com In his weekly address broadcast Saturday, President Barack Obama called on supporters of his mortgage reform proposal to pressure Congress ... officially unveiled at a Wednesday appearance in Falls Church, Va., would allow about 3.5 million homeowners ... Publ.Date : 2012-02-04T13:29:19Z
Church of Scientology alleges former exec violated nondisclosure pact - The Business Journal A New Year's Eve letter urging Scientologists to work internally to reform the church has led to a lawsuit against its author. Cook’s Dec. 31 email criticized the way the organization raises money and said the church had amassed well more than a billion ... Publ.Date : 2012-01-31T11:39:32Z
Will the Church of England ever find peace? - Daily Telegraph who missed the Welfare Reform Bill debate but then used a newspaper article to declare that benefits dependency encourages “fecklessness”. A remarkable degree of unity was on show in the Church as clerics weighed in against their former leader ... Publ.Date : 2012-02-02T20:26:53Z
Four of Britain's major Free Churches oppose welfare benefit cap - Ekklesia The Methodist Church, the Baptist Union of Great Britain, the United Reformed Church and the Quakers in Britain have called for Parliament to "hold to the humane principles of the welfare state" and reject a benefit cap. Free Church leaders said that the ... Publ.Date : 2012-01-31T16:18:42Z
Healthcare reform causes controversy with Catholic Church - KSFY.com The White House says it has no intention to reverse course on a plan that requires all employers, including Catholic-affiliated hospitals, to cover contraception in their insurance plans. That's despite a wave of criticism from Catholic leaders in Sioux ... Publ.Date : 2012-02-03T23:24:39Z
Dolores Poe, 71, Oskaloosa - Ottumwa Courier Funeral services for Mrs. Poe will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Central Reformed Church; with Rev. Donald DeGlopper officiating. A 10:15 a.m. family prayer service will precede the funeral in the west wing of the church. Burial will be in Forest Cemetery. Publ.Date : 2012-02-04T10:59:00Z
New pastor for Lakeside Church - Ludington Daily News “We are ecstatic we have him. We feel it was a gift worth waiting for,” he said. The church, a ministry of the Christian Reformed Church, began about seven years ago with services in congregation members’ homes and around ... Publ.Date : 2012-02-04T04:32:27Z