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When Mosque and Methodists Meet in the Bible Belt

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Meryl Ann Butler
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Tennessee Methodist Minister Steve Stone picked up the local newspaper and read that the Memphis Islamic Center had bought the property across the street, and was planning to build a mosque and “a sprawling community center”. He felt nauseous. He prayed, and read his Bible. The next day, he ordered a six-foot-wide, bright-red vinyl sign. When it arrived two days later, he displayed it in full view of every passing vehicle. It changed everything.

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Meryl Ann Butler is an artist, author, educator and OpedNews Managing Editor who has been actively engaged in utilizing the arts as stepping-stones toward joy-filled wellbeing since she was a hippie. She began writing for OpEdNews in Feb, 2004. She became a Senior Editor in August 2012 and Managing Editor in January, (more...)
 

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