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Ariz. Church Faces $50K Tax Bill After 3-Year Delay in Paperwork By Lawrence D. Jones|Christian Post Reporter A rural Arizona church is facing a bill of $50,000 in back taxes and faces the possibility of foreclosure after a local property assessor sat on tax exemption paperwork for three years. The church, known as the Isaiah 58 Project of Arizona, purchased property in 2006 and thereafter submitted paperwork to the La Paz County property assessor to be exempt from taxes. At first, the assessor requested the church's government tax-exempt letter but when the church said Arizona property tax exemption statutes didn't require the letter, the assessor waited three years before granting a property tax exemption for the church. Now, the church has a tax lien on its property for taxes owed between 2006-2008 because the property assessor only exempted it from property taxes after 2009. The lien has been sold to an individual by the county, making foreclosure on the church pro...

Christians, Muslims, Buddhists Gather to Remove Fear, Stereotypes By Lillian Kwon|Christian Post Reporter Hundreds of Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists and atheists have convened at a Texas church in an effort to try to understand one another. Related     * Christians, Muslims, Jews Worship at Evangelical Megachurch     * Survey: Protestant Pastors View Islam with Suspicion     * Texas Evangelical: We Need to Get to Know Muslims     * Tenn. Residents Express More Sharia Fears The Global Faith Forum kicked off Thursday at NorthWood Church in Keller and Pastor Bob Roberts, Jr., is hoping the crowd will be open to listen to one another and even build friendships. Within a pluralistic world where prejudice and stereotypes often hinder understanding, Roberts says "there is a better way than hate and fear." "Everyone is saying that the tension between the U.S. and the rest of the world is bad, tension betwee...

Hillsong Church Expands Locations at Home and Abroad By Elena Garcia|Christian Post Reporter Hillsong Church has been expanding its locations at home and abroad. The Australian-based megachurch recently announced a new extension site for one of its main campuses and began holding gatherings for its first church location in the United States. Related     * Hillsong 08 Inspires Thousands to Change their World     * Hillsong's Darlene Zschech Leaves After 25 Years of Service The Pentecostal church has four main campuses across Sydney and international branches in London, Kiev, Cape Town, Stockholm, Paris, Moscow, and now New York City. Hillsong NYC launched last month and the response has been overwhelming. The church has already expanded to three services due to the growing number of attendees. On their homeland, Hillsong will be taking over Noosa Life Church on Nov. 29, according to an announcement on the departing church's website. Hillsong s...

Last-Minute Finalist Wins First Place in National Bible Bee Contest Liesl Lawrence of Georgetown, Texas, was named the 2010 National Bible Bee champion after she was allowed to join the senior division finals as the sixth contestant. Minutes before this year's senior finals at the Marriott Renaissance Convention Center Hotel near Chicago, judges announced that Lawrence was supposed to the be fifth finalist but she had been disqualified due to an error in judges' scoring materials. She was added back in after organizers of the event discovered that some of the judges' scoring materials did not reflect different variances of the Kings James Version that were circulated by the National Bible Bee. Despite the last-minute announcement, Lawrence gave the top performance, receiving the first place crystal trophy and a cash prize of $100,000. She beat out second place winner Mallory Powell of Linden, Tenn., who took home $25,000 and third place winner Mark Heimann of Wexford,...

'Voyage of the Dawn Treader' Website Reaches Out to Pastors NarniaFaith.com provides church pastors with sermon outlines, youth study resources, and even lets them sign up for movie screenings in their area. Grace Hill Media, which is taking charge of the movie's publicity to faith audiences, said the response to the website and screening for pastors have been "robust" and "very enthusiastic." Preaching on the movie is an opportunity "to deepen the church's understanding of temptation, grace, forgiveness and transformation all through the prism of C.S. Lewis' vivid and deeply theological imagery," says Dr. Richard Mouw, president of Fuller Theological Seminary, in a video endorsement on the site. The sermon outlines are written by megachurch pastors Ken Foreman, senior pastor of Cathedral of Faith; Jim Burgen, senior pastor of Flatirons Community Church; and Christian leaders like evangelist Luis Palau and filmmaker Dr. Phil Cooke...

Burma's Democracy Leader Aung San Suu Kyi Freed The 65-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who was detained for more than seven years, met thousands of supporters who greeted her at her home. "If we work in unity, we will achieve our goal. We have a lot of things to do," she said, as reported by The Associated Press. President Barack Obama welcomed the news and called her a hero. "While the Burmese regime has gone to extraordinary lengths to isolate and silence Aung San Suu Kyi, she has continued her brave fight for democracy, peace, and change in Burma," Obama said in a statement. "She is a hero of mine and a source of inspiration for all who work to advance basic human rights in Burma and around the world. The United States welcomes her long overdue release." Her release comes a week after the country's first general election in two decades. International bodies have accused the ruling military junta of rigging the Nov. 7 election. Acc...

Earlier this week, there were conflicting reports on whether Long, minister of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, would show up at the 40,000-strong Stand Campaign rally. The minister is facing a string of lawsuits filed by four young men who accused him of coercing them into sexual relationships. Long has denied the allegations while his church has said that although he did take the four men on trips it could neither confirm nor deny the allegations. The rally in Atlanta on Saturday was a culmination of a series of Jesus Rallies held by the Stand Campaign across the nation. The event, organized by Cory "Coco Brother" Condrey, aimed to unite Christians as one body in Christ. In a letter to participants, Cory Condrey and his wife Joanna, said the body of Christ has become so divided that the only time the world gets to see great numbers of diverse people is at football games. "Sunday has become the most segregated day of the week," writes the Cond...