Greg Horton

Greg Horton writes for Religion News Service.

Articles by Greg Horton

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Churches under fire for using gun classes as outreach 

Dec 20, 2012 by Greg Horton

PRYOR CREEK, Okla. (RNS) Pryor Creek, Okla., is gun country.

Located midway between Tulsa and Siloam Springs, Ark., the town of approximately 8,500 sits in the heart of Oklahoma's greenbelt. Hunting and fishing are simply part of everyday life in Pryor, as it is known to locals.

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Okla. judge defends sentencing teenager to church even if it's not legal

Nov 20, 2012 by Greg Horton

MUSKOGEE, Okla. (RNS) A district judge in Oklahoma who sentenced a 17-year-old boy to 10 years of church attendance is standing by his sentence as the right thing to do – even if it may not have been the constitutional thing to do.

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Pastor wanders streets in personal bid to understand homelessness

Nov 13, 2012 by Greg Horton

NORMAN, Okla. (RNS) Pastor Dustin Buff traded in his job, his house and his sense of security for a backpack, a Bible, a sleeping bag, one change of clothes, identification, and a cell phone.

For 10 days, Buff and youth minister Philip Nguyen were intentionally homeless, wandering the streets of Norman in a personal quest to understand the plight of the homeless.

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As Cornerstone wraps up, Wild Goose Festival takes off

Jun 22, 2012 by Greg Horton

c. 2012 Religion News Service (RNS) Demon Hunter. Vengeance Rising. Payable on Death. Since 1984, these and other Christian heavy metal bands have been congregating every summer in a field near Chicago for the Cornerstone Festival. And for much of the 1980s and 1990s, it was the place for Christian thrash metal, death metal, or any other metal bands to generate a following.

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