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Obama taps Minnesotan for faith-based council

By Andy Birkey | 04.06.09 | 5:19 pm

bioThe White House on Monday released names of individuals appointed to the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships,  and one Minnesotan will help steer the direction of the…

Salvation Army leader suspended for not marrying Army woman

By Andy Birkey | 12.12.08 | 1:34 pm

The leader of the Oshkosh, Wis., Salvation Army was suspended from his job last week because he is marrying a woman who is not a member of the faith-based charitable organization. Capt. Johnny Harsh lost his wife, a…

Public schools take volunteer help on faith

By Chris Steller | 03.24.08 | 2:18 pm

Picture this: a clutch of Minneapolis Public Schools students scooting to a church across from their middle school for after-school activities derived from a Bible-based curriculum.  That image comes courtesy of Here’s Life Inner City, an organization of the Campus…