Our churches are under attack around the world. Here are just a few articles that show what we are up against.
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Charges filed in Los Angeles church fair shooting
May 21, 2008
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/05/21/charges_filed_in_los_angeles_church_fair_shooting/
LOS ANGELES—A man accused of shooting his ex-girlfriend and two other people at a church carnival was charged Tuesday with attempted murder.
Salvation Army church robbed of copper
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 | 7:30 PM
http://abclocal.go.com/wjrt/story?section=news/local&id=6114040
FLINT, MI (WJRT) --They're in the business of helping others, but Wednesday night, the Salvation Army of Genesee County was the victim of a growing crime.
Police I.D. woman shot inside church
January 24, 2008
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=5910088
SPRINGFIELD, Pa. - (WPVI) -- As friends and family gathered for a prayer service, the name of the woman found dead in a church was released.
Colorado Church Gunman Had Grudge Against Christian Group, Cops Say
Monday, December 10, 2007
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,316322,00.html
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The gunman believed to have killed four people in a pair of shooting sprees at a megachurch in Colorado Springs and a missionary training school near Denver had been thrown out of the missionary school a few years ago and had been sending it hate mail, police said in court papers Monday.
At a glance: violence at churches
Article Last Updated: 12/10/2007 06:53:55 AM MST
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_7679342
San Francisco, CA --A compilation of church shootings over the last decade.
Another Church Under Attack in San Francisco
Friday, November 02, 2007
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,307612,00.html
San Francisco, CA --35-year-old Paul Addis has been arrested on the steps of the Grace Episcopal Church. He had a belt of explosives around his waist. He is in jail right now.
Priest bound, church robbed
Posted Tue Jul 10, 2007 1:30pm AEST
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/07/10/1974722.htm
A priest has been tied up during a violent robbery at a Catholic church at Virginia on Adelaide's northern outskirts.
Charges filed in church attacks
National Catholic Reporter, Dec 9, 2005
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1141/is_7_42/ai_n15969566
LAHORE, Pakistan -- A judicial inquiry into the Nov. 12 mob attack on three churches, a sister's convent, a Christian school and a pastor's house in Sangla Hills (NCR, Nov. 25) has led to charges being filed against more then 90 men. Five were charged with instigating and inciting the burning and destruction of the churches and properties.
A study of church vulnerability to violence: Implications for law enforcement
Posted 20 February 2004
http://www.sciencedirect.com
Pastor Punched in the Eye, Continues Sermon
11/23/2005 8:42:22 AM
http://www.firstcoastnews.com
TULSA, OK -- A pastor was standing in front of a group of people when one man rears back and punches him right in the eye.
Church vandalism suspect in custody
Tuesday, March 18, 2003
http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2003/03/18/loc_churchvandals18.html
BATAVIA TOWNSHIP - An 18-year-old Batavia Township man accused of breaking into a church was jailed Monday in lieu of $40,000 cash bond.