Church’s mock raid leaves teen traumatized

Ed Komenda | Mar 26, 2012

MIDDLETOWN, Pa. (RNS) A fake terrorist raid staged to show Christian teenagers the perils faced by Christian missionaries left one 14-year-old girl so traumatized that her mother filed a report with the police, claiming her daughter suffered a busted lip and bruised knees. By Ed Komenda.
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RNS MISSIONS 200

Kevin Eckstrom | Jan 26, 2012

Adoniram Judson and four others were commissioned as the first American missionaries at Tabernacle Congregational Church in Salem, Mass., in 1812.
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As missionary movement turns 200, questions for the future

G. Jeffrey MacDonald | Jan 26, 2012

"It's part of the American character to go out and help people," said Clifford Putney, assistant professor of American religious history at Bentley University. "We go (out) saying we have all these great ideas and (people abroad) would be better off following them."
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RNS DIGITAL BIBLE

Kevin Eckstrom | Jan 24, 2012

Bible League International is distributing thumbnail-sized microchips that contain entire theological libraries to Christians around the world who are persecuted for their faith.
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