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A Maine pastor searched for a missing congregant. He found a car with the keys ...

Bangor Daily News 28 Jan 2026
22, Westbrook pastor Carlos Nzolameso received a call from a member of his congregation who was searching for a roommate ... Several other congregants also reached out to Nzolameso, concerned that Kalonji, an asylum-seeker from Angola, was missing.
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Second Baptist Church to honor congregation leaders during Black History Month

News And Tribune 27 Jan 2026
NEW ALBANY – Second Baptist Church will celebrate men who have helped shape the church and teach Black history during its 2026 Black History Month celebration Feb. 7 ... .
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California church employee secretly recorded two juvenile congregants in their bathrooms, suits allege

The Mercury News 26 Jan 2026
A Laguna Hills church is entangled in a federal child pornography case against a former employee that has triggered lawsuits alleging he gave two juvenile congregants computers equipped with software ...
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ICE grabs 2 men, and a suffering Syracuse congregation mobilizes: ‘This needs to stop’

The Post-Standard 25 Jan 2026
Updated. Jan. 25, 2026, 8.00 a.m.The Rev. Fred Daley addresses the congregation at All Saints Church in Syracuse.Screenshot ... Last Sunday, the Rev. Fred Daley stood before the congregation in tears ... When she finished, the congregation erupted in applause.
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As Tyson leaves and a church’s pews empty, congregation wonders how Lexington will survive.

Rapid City Journal 24 Jan 2026
Tyson’s 3,200 Lexington plant employees make up about half of the town’s labor force. At First United Methodist Church, the congregation is already feeling the toll of the looming closure ....
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Ex-OC church employee secretly recorded two juvenile congregants in their bathrooms, suits allege

Orange County Register 24 Jan 2026
A Laguna Hills church is entangled in a federal child pornography case against a former employee that has triggered lawsuits alleging he gave two juvenile congregants computers equipped with software ...
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In Plainfield, a shuttered congregation's legacy lives on through a final act of charity

The Day 24 Jan 2026
Plainfield — When Central Village Congregational Church held its last service on Nov ... sold for $100,000, the Central Village Congregational Church Board Inc ...It's like the spirit of that congregation just keeps alive,” DiLeo said.
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New DHS rule aims to shorten visa wait times abroad for religious workers serving US congregations

The Philadelphia Tribune 23 Jan 2026
WASHINGTON — At a time of tightening immigration restrictions, the Department of Homeland Security is attempting to make it easier for visa-holding religious workers to serve their U.S. congregations with less disruption ....
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Congregation Mishkan Or executive director to step down

Cleveland Jewish News 21 Jan 2026
Congregation Mishkan Or announced on Jan. 16 that Executive Director Julianna Johnston Senturia will step down from her role later this fiscal year to pursue new professional opportunities ... .
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Exclusive: St. Paul church congregant says 'we were surrounded'

Ashe Post & Times 20 Jan 2026
(The Center Square) – A member of Cities Church said protesters who disrupted a Sunday morning service in St. Paul were seated throughout the congregation before the service began ... .
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Shrinking congregation wonders how Lexington will survive

Kearney Hub 20 Jan 2026
LEXINGTON — The pastor paced the stage as he broached his town's biggest dilemma. Forty congregants listened from the pews of the First United Methodist Church of Lexington. Behind them is a stained glass American flag atop a hill. More ... .
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Wicker Stands with Beth Israel Congregation (Roger F Wicker)

Public Technologies 20 Jan 2026
Members of the Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson are picking up the pieces after an anti-Semitic arsonist allegedly set their synagogue ablaze ... Instead, it persisted and is Mississippi's largest Jewish congregation.
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