<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - evangelical</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/evangelical</link><description>Newsvine - evangelical</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 3 Feb 2012 04:59:20 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 01:40:47 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Court rules against abortion protester's lawsuit</title>
<description><![CDATA[A federal appeals court in Philadelphia has ruled that an anti-abortion protester arrested near the Liberty Bell in 2007 can't collect damages from park rangers who detained him.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/03/10305867-court-rules-against-abortion-protesters-lawsuit</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/03/10305867-court-rules-against-abortion-protesters-lawsuit</guid><category>us</category><category>us-news</category><category>evangelical</category><category>liberty-bell</category><pubDate>Fri, 3 Feb 2012 04:58:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>O'Donnell dodges evangelical issues in Senate race</title>
<description><![CDATA[Suddenly, Christine O'Donnell doesn't want to talk about values and religion. The Republican Senate nominee from Delaware, who said four years ago that she heard the "audible voice of God" encouraging her to run for office, is shying away from publicly stating the evangelical views that built her career as a television pundit and conservative activist.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Evans]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ben Evans]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/14/5292260-odonnell-dodges-evangelical-issues-in-senate-race</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/14/5292260-odonnell-dodges-evangelical-issues-in-senate-race</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>more</category><category>evangelical</category><category>republican-senate</category><category>o'donnell</category><category>christine-o'donnell</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 22:01:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/268b5ccb-14e6-4bdf-8137-57956d8c0b5c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="291" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/268b5ccb-14e6-4bdf-8137-57956d8c0b5c.jpg" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican candidate Christine O'Donnell responds to Democratic candidate Chris Coons during a televised Delaware Senate debate at the University of Delaware in Newark, Del., Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d9965be6-51ff-43a0-acba-663991c0d43d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="291" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d9965be6-51ff-43a0-acba-663991c0d43d.jpg" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Oct. 13, 2010 file photo, Delaware Republican Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell answers a question as Democratic candidate Chris Coons listens at left, during a televised Delaware Senate debate at the University of Delaware in Newark, Del. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>O'Donnell dodges evangelical issues in Senate race</title>
<description><![CDATA[Suddenly, Christine O'Donnell doesn't want to talk about values and religion. The Republican Senate nominee from Delaware, who said four years ago that she heard the "audible voice of God" encouraging her to run for office, is shying away from the evangelical views that built her career as a television pundit and conservative activist.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Evans]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ben Evans]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/14/5290706-odonnell-dodges-evangelical-issues-in-senate-race</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/14/5290706-odonnell-dodges-evangelical-issues-in-senate-race</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>more</category><category>evangelical</category><category>republican-senate</category><category>o'donnell</category><category>christine-o'donnell</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 16:26:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/268b5ccb-14e6-4bdf-8137-57956d8c0b5c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="291" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/268b5ccb-14e6-4bdf-8137-57956d8c0b5c.jpg" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican candidate Christine O'Donnell responds to Democratic candidate Chris Coons during a televised Delaware Senate debate at the University of Delaware in Newark, Del., Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>US court tosses protester's arrest at Liberty Bell</title>
<description><![CDATA[An anti-abortion protester arrested in 2007 had a First Amendment right to demonstrate on a sidewalk near the entrance the building that houses the Liberty Bell, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Maryclaire Dale]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Maryclaire Dale]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/16/4518168-us-court-tosses-protesters-arrest-at-liberty-bell</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/16/4518168-us-court-tosses-protesters-arrest-at-liberty-bell</guid><category>us</category><category>us-news</category><category>first-amendment</category><category>evangelical</category><category>liberty-bell</category><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:23:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>At least 1 million in evangelical march in Brazil</title>
<description><![CDATA[At least 1 million evangelical Christians rallied in Sao Paulo on Thursday for the annual "March for Jesus," an event that unites the faithful from hundreds of Protestant churches in the world's largest Roman Catholic country.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/03/4458946-at-least-1-million-in-evangelical-march-in-brazil</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/03/4458946-at-least-1-million-in-evangelical-march-in-brazil</guid><category>brazil</category><category>rally</category><category>roman-catholic</category><category>world-news</category><category>sao-paulo</category><category>evangelical</category><category>lt</category><pubDate>Thu, 3 Jun 2010 20:50:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f739e9af-6f0a-49b3-a2a0-98fb21099f0b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f739e9af-6f0a-49b3-a2a0-98fb21099f0b.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Evangelical protestants pray during the annual March for Jesus in Sao Paulo, Thursday, June 3, 2010. More than one million people attended the event, organizers said. (AP Photo/Nelson Antoine)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d463c6f8-8c5e-4092-81a4-e7f14a36842f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="338" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d463c6f8-8c5e-4092-81a4-e7f14a36842f.jpg" width="120" height="182" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Evangelical protestants, carrying a flag that reads in Portuguese &quot;2010 March for Jesus,&quot; take part in the annual March for Jesus in Sao Paulo, Thursday, June 3, 2010. More than one million people attended the event, organizers said. (AP Photo/Nelson Antoine)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/24c5a305-e1a2-4182-83c4-88e5be2ad24f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="256" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/24c5a305-e1a2-4182-83c4-88e5be2ad24f.jpg" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A man, standing on his knees, prays as he takes part in the annual March for Jesus in Sao Paulo, Thursday, June 3, 2010. More than one million people attended the event, organizers said. (AP Photo/Nelson Antoine)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d839f860-5f58-42df-b4e8-e95f99136d64.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="263" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d839f860-5f58-42df-b4e8-e95f99136d64.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A woman carries a baby toy doll during the annual March for Jesus in Sao Paulo, Thursday, June 3, 2010. More than one million people attended the event, organizers said. (AP Photo/Nelson Antoine)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/48fca76f-d6e7-4799-85ab-d2d2b8b6dddf.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="344" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/48fca76f-d6e7-4799-85ab-d2d2b8b6dddf.jpg" width="120" height="179" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A woman, carrying a baby toy doll,  prays as she takes part in the annual March for Jesus in Sao Paulo, Thursday, June 3, 2010. More than one million people attended the event, organizers said. (AP Photo/Nelson Antoine)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/366ef896-3c2a-4df7-8321-d296fd358e53.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/366ef896-3c2a-4df7-8321-d296fd358e53.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Evangelical protestants take part in the annual March for Jesus in Sao Paulo, Thursday, June 3, 2010. More than one million people attended the event, organizers said. (AP Photo/Nelson Antoine)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ef3c0e83-3120-4b98-93fd-39b64a4eacc2.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ef3c0e83-3120-4b98-93fd-39b64a4eacc2.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Evangelical protestants, carrying a Brazilian flag, take part in the annual March for Jesus in Sao Paulo, Thursday, June 3, 2010. More than one million people attended the event, organizers said. (AP Photo/Nelson Antoine)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/47301d04-bab4-4d0f-a380-5d6d0b71c679.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/47301d04-bab4-4d0f-a380-5d6d0b71c679.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Evangelical protestants, carrying a Brazilian flag, take part in the annual March for Jesus in Sao Paulo, Thursday, June 3, 2010. More than one million people attended the event, organizers said. (AP Photo/Nelson Antoine)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/7b82115a-9d4d-4d93-b15c-22037ce21b2d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="333" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/7b82115a-9d4d-4d93-b15c-22037ce21b2d.jpg" width="120" height="185" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Evangelical protestants pray during the annual March for Jesus in Sao Paulo, Thursday, June 3, 2010. More than one million people attended the event, organizers said. (AP Photo/Nelson Antoine)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Evangelical march in Brazil draws 1.5 million</title>
<description><![CDATA[About 1.5 million evangelical Christians joined Brazil's annual "March for Jesus" on Monday, an event sponsored by a church whose leaders recently returned after being imprisoned in the U.S. for money smuggling.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ANDRE PENNER]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ANDRE PENNER]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/02/3453041-evangelical-march-in-brazil-draws-15-million</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/02/3453041-evangelical-march-in-brazil-draws-15-million</guid><category>brazil</category><category>rally</category><category>world-news</category><category>evangelical</category><category>lt</category><pubDate>Mon, 2 Nov 2009 19:55:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d479550e-cae3-4bf5-bfb7-04c39d0bd520.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d479550e-cae3-4bf5-bfb7-04c39d0bd520.jpg" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Evangelical protestants gather for the annual March for Jesus in Sao Paulo, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/3ec2a963-44fc-4176-964b-ce7cf2115d86.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="316" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3ec2a963-44fc-4176-964b-ce7cf2115d86.jpg" width="120" height="194" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A girl screams at the annual March for Jesus gathering by evangelical protestants in Sao Paulo, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/c9dcae19-fbc3-4fe2-8358-b2941b1def10.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="344" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c9dcae19-fbc3-4fe2-8358-b2941b1def10.jpg" width="120" height="179" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A woman gestures during the annual March for Jesus gathering by evangelical protestants in Sao Paulo, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/eb109015-be8d-441a-ab55-3b881799653e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="249" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/eb109015-be8d-441a-ab55-3b881799653e.jpg" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Evangelical protestants gather for the annual March for Jesus in Sao Paulo, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ea521b63-669d-48c5-a623-c16bbb05ba8b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="251" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ea521b63-669d-48c5-a623-c16bbb05ba8b.jpg" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Evangelical protestants gather for the annual March for Jesus in Sao Paulo, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/e51385ec-df95-4d8f-9a54-5bc148747278.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="376" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e51385ec-df95-4d8f-9a54-5bc148747278.jpg" width="120" height="163" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Evangelical protestants gather for the annual March for Jesus in Sao Paulo, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Hundreds leave pioneering Fla. megachurch</title>
<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of congregants have left a pioneering megachurch in Florida to form their own congregation because they were unhappy with leadership at the church that's seen as a bedrock of the religious right.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Sedensky]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Matt Sedensky]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/01/3339200-hundreds-leave-pioneering-fla-megachurch</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/01/3339200-hundreds-leave-pioneering-fla-megachurch</guid><category>us</category><category>feud</category><category>us-news</category><category>evangelical</category><category>rel</category><pubDate>Thu, 1 Oct 2009 18:21:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Parish rift forms at prominent Florida megachurch</title>
<description><![CDATA[Descendants of two of the country's most influential evangelical leaders &#8212; Billy Graham and the late D. James Kennedy &#8212; are feuding over control of a Florida megachurch that is a bedrock of the religious right.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Sedensky]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Matt Sedensky]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/11/3142571-parish-rift-forms-at-prominent-florida-megachurch</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/11/3142571-parish-rift-forms-at-prominent-florida-megachurch</guid><category>us</category><category>feud</category><category>us-news</category><category>billy-graham</category><category>evangelical</category><category>rel</category><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:45:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Convicted Brazilian church leaders return home</title>
<description><![CDATA[The married couple who lead one of Brazil's largest evangelical churches returned home Saturday to cries of joy from followers after serving a two-year sentence in the United States on money smuggling charges.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stan Lehman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Stan Lehman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/01/3103541-convicted-brazilian-church-leaders-return-home</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/01/3103541-convicted-brazilian-church-leaders-return-home</guid><category>brazil</category><category>scandal</category><category>united-states</category><category>world-news</category><category>evangelical</category><category>lt</category><pubDate>Sat, 1 Aug 2009 16:07:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Megachurch pastor Rick Warren addresses US Muslims</title>
<description><![CDATA[Defying some of his fellow conservative Christian critics, one of the most prominent religious leaders in the country told several thousand American Muslims on Saturday that "the two largest faiths on the planet" must work together to combat stereotypes and solve global problems.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Karush]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Sarah Karush]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/04/2997839-megachurch-pastor-rick-warren-addresses-us-muslims</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/04/2997839-megachurch-pastor-rick-warren-addresses-us-muslims</guid><category>us</category><category>pastor</category><category>politics</category><category>islam</category><category>us-news</category><category>evangelical</category><category>rick-warren</category><category>american-muslims</category><category>evangelical-pastor</category><pubDate>Sun, 5 Jul 2009 01:03:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/eff7923e-8291-4588-b169-cc535f715d1a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="336" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/eff7923e-8291-4588-b169-cc535f715d1a.jpg" width="120" height="183" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Evangelical pastor Rick Warren speaks at the Islamic Society of North America 46th annual convention in Washington, Saturday July 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Oral Roberts U, Mo. ministry get accreditation</title>
<description><![CDATA[Two evangelical Christian institutions under scrutiny for past financial practices have won accreditation from the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability, the group announced Thursday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/12/2539088-oral-roberts-u-mo-ministry-get-accreditation</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/12/2539088-oral-roberts-u-mo-ministry-get-accreditation</guid><category>us-news</category><category>evangelical</category><category>rel</category><category>accreditation</category><category>evangelical-council</category><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:29:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Top evangelical resigns after backing gay unions</title>
<description><![CDATA[An outspoken and polarizing voice in conservative Christian politics resigned effective Thursday from the National Association of Evangelicals after a radio interview in which he voiced support for same-sex civil unions and said he is "shifting" on gay marriage.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Gorski]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Eric Gorski]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/11/2203393-top-evangelical-resigns-after-backing-gay-unions</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/11/2203393-top-evangelical-resigns-after-backing-gay-unions</guid><category>leader</category><category>national-association</category><category>us-news</category><category>evangelical</category><category>rel</category><category>evangelical-leader</category><pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:47:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Young evangelical backs out of convention prayer</title>
<description><![CDATA[It was a coup for Democrats: An emerging young evangelical voice, a registered Republican no less, accepted their invitation to deliver a prayer at next week's Democratic National Convention.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Gorski]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Eric Gorski]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/22/1772922-young-evangelical-backs-out-of-convention-prayer</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/22/1772922-young-evangelical-backs-out-of-convention-prayer</guid><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>prayer</category><category>democratic-national-convention</category><category>evangelical</category><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:31:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/43d259bb-1518-4c5a-9921-c838036ce902.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/43d259bb-1518-4c5a-9921-c838036ce902.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A man looks at a T-shirt with a picture of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., in downtown Denver, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008. The Democratic National Convention starts in Denver next week. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Evangelical fined for Liberty Bell demonstration</title>
<description><![CDATA[The leader of a Christian evangelical group who expressed his religious views to tourists near the Liberty Bell was placed on one year's probation for refusing to move from a sidewalk where demonstrations are banned.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/14/1575962-evangelical-fined-for-liberty-bell-demonstration</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/14/1575962-evangelical-fined-for-liberty-bell-demonstration</guid><category>us-news</category><category>evangelical</category><category>liberty-bell</category><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:52:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Dobson: Christian Right Needs Leadership</title>
<description><![CDATA[With a generation of Christian right leaders dead or aging, the founder of the conservative evangelical group Focus on the Family says he's concerned about the movement's future leadership.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rose French]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Rose French]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/03/12/1360505-dobson-christian-right-needs-leadership</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/03/12/1360505-dobson-christian-right-needs-leadership</guid><category>dobson</category><category>us-news</category><category>evangelical</category><pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:44:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ae04045a-20e6-4b95-9979-b76d4baf531a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="297" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ae04045a-20e6-4b95-9979-b76d4baf531a.jpg" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Christian evangelical leader James Dobson, right, and his wife Shirley, stand and applaud as President Bush, not pictured, addresses the National Religious Broadcasters 2008 Convention, Tuesday, March 11, 2008, at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, Tenn.  (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/db454e92-3268-44d9-be50-ca80bfff2b82.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="296" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/db454e92-3268-44d9-be50-ca80bfff2b82.jpg" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Christian evangelical leader James Dobson listens as President Bush, not pictured, addresses the National Religious Broadcasters 2008 Convention, Tuesday, March 11, 2008, at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, Tenn.  (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/26d59bff-3d6a-47db-9304-f63ede3ddaed.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/26d59bff-3d6a-47db-9304-f63ede3ddaed.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Christian evangelical leader James Dobson, right, and his wife Shirley, listen as President Bush, not pictured, addresses the National Religious Broadcasters 2008 Convention, Tuesday, March 11, 2008, at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, Tenn.  (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>IRS: Charities Overstepping Into Politics</title>
<description><![CDATA[IRS exams found nearly three out of four churches, charities and other civic groups suspected of having violated restraints on political activity in the 2004 election actually did so, the agency said Friday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Dalrymple]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mary Dalrymple]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/02/24/108553-irs-charities-overstepping-into-politics</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/02/24/108553-irs-charities-overstepping-into-politics</guid><category>church</category><category>politics</category><category>religion</category><category>u-s</category><category>irs</category><category>evangelical</category><category>religious-right</category><category>theocracy</category><category>tax-exempt</category><pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2006 15:42:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Former Stripper Not Typical Evangelical</title>
<description><![CDATA[Heather Veitch is not your typical evangelical Christian.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/02/20/104048-former-stripper-not-typical-evangelical</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/02/20/104048-former-stripper-not-typical-evangelical</guid><category>ex</category><category>religion</category><category>odd-news</category><category>faith</category><category>us-news</category><category>bible</category><category>stripper</category><category>evangelical</category><category>christianity</category><category>evangelism</category><category>heather-veitch</category><pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2006 01:41:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Pat Robertson Accused of Damaging Movement</title>
<description><![CDATA[Fellow conservative religious leaders have expressed concern and even open criticism over Pat Robertson's habit of shooting from the hip on his daily religious news-and-talk television program, "The 700 Club."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sonja Barisic]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Sonja Barisic]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/02/18/101713-pat-robertson-accused-of-damaging-movement</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/02/18/101713-pat-robertson-accused-of-damaging-movement</guid><category>christian-coalition</category><category>republicans</category><category>christians</category><category>us-news</category><category>pat-robertson</category><category>evangelical</category><category>christianity</category><category>televangelist</category><category>social-conservatives</category><category>robertson-remarks</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2006 21:01:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>