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Destiny fosters new converts
A Destiny Church pastor working for a child-fostering body that gets $10m a year in Govt funding is placing children with Destiny members.
Destiny: A life and death responsibility
'You would be expected to take a bullet to protect your pastor,' a former Destiny Church member who worked as a security guard says.
Sikh daggers testing schools
The Human Rights Commission has been asked to clarify whether a Sikh student should be allowed to wear a ceremonial dagger to school.
Right-to-die talks banned in Ireland
An Australian euthanasia advocate is meeting plenty of vocal opposition as he tours Ireland.
After the tithes, having food for the kids was the miracle
A good week was when there was enough food on the table for her seven children, or money to buy clothes and school books.
Cash for preaching lifts Tamaki's pay to $1m
Bishop Brian Tamaki is paid an average of $3000 each time he preaches at a Destiny Church outside of Auckland.
Raids nab seven over cartoonist death plot
Seven people were arrested yesterday as part of an investigation into a conspiracy to murder a Swedish cartoonist.
Kiwi family stunned about expulsion
A New Zealand family expelled from Morocco on religious grounds is struggling to come to terms with the situation.
Nigerian slaughter shatters fragile balance
Jos has become an explosive fault line between the country's Muslim-dominated north and predominantly Christian south.
Publicity 'good for Church'
Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki has denied he feels up against it after an onslaught of publicity following a Brisbane pastor's walk-out.