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NAME: All Souls Unitarian Church
DENM: Other (Unitarian)
AREA: Manhattan (Upper East Side)
SPKR: Galen Guengerich, Minister
DATE: 11/04/2012
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NAME: Bethany Lutheran Brethren Church
DENM: Evangelical
AREA: Staten Island (North Shore)
SPKR: Erick Sorensen, Pastor
DATE: 11/04/2012
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NAME: Calvary Baptist Church
DENM: Evangelical
AREA: Manhattan (Midtown)
SPKR: Michael Luciano, Pastor
DATE: 11/11/2012
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NAME: Christ Church NYC
DENM: Evangelical
AREA: Manhattan (West Village)
SPKR: John Mason, Minister
DATE: 11/04/2012
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NAME: Church of God in New York / in Far Rockaway
DENM: Black Protestant
AREA: Brooklyn (Rockaway)
SPKR: Nesly Jean-Baptiste
DATE: 11/11/2012
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NAME: Church of the Heavenly Rest
DENM: Mainline
AREA: Manhattan (Upper East Side)
SPKR: Michael Marshall, Bishop
DATE: 11/4/2012
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NAME: Church of the Incarnation
DENM: Mainline
AREA: Manhattan (Midtown)
SPKR: J. Douglas Ousley, the Rev.
DATE: 11/04/2012
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NAME: Crossroads
DENM: Evangelical
AREA: Staten Island
SPKR: Ray Parascando, Pastor
DATE: 11/04/2012
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NAME: Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
DENM: Mainline
AREA: Manhattan (NYU Area)
SPKR: Scott Black Johnston, Senior Pastor
DATE: 10/31/2012
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NAME: Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
DENM: Mainline
AREA: Manhattan (Midtown)
SPKR: Randolph L.C. Weber, Associate Pastor
DATE: 11/4/2012
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NAME: Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
DENM: Mainline
AREA: Manhattan (Midtown)
SPKR: Scott Black Johnston, Senior Pastor
DATE: 11/11/2012
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NAME: Faith Baptist
DENM: Evangelical
AREA: Queens (Flushing)
SPKR: Vincent Sawyer, Pastor
DATE: 11/4/2012
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NAME: Fellowship Baptist Coney Island
DENM: Evangelical
AREA: Brooklyn (Coney Island)
SPKR: Robert Rubino, Pastor
DATE: 11/11/2012
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NAME: First Corinthians
DENM: Black Protestant
AREA: Manhattan (Harlem)
SPKR: Michael A. Walrond, Jr., Pastor
DATE: 11/4/2012
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NAME: First Presbyterian Church NYC
DENM: Mainline
AREA: Manhattan (West Village)
SPKR: Jon M. Walton, Senior Pastor
DATE: 11/04/2012
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NAME: First Unitarian Congregational Society
DENM: Other (Unitarian Universalist)
AREA: Brooklyn (Brooklyn Heights)
SPKR: Ana Levy-Lyons, Rev., Senior Minister
DATE: 11/04/2012
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NAME: Fourth Universalist Society
DENM: Other (Unitarian Universalist)
AREA: Manhattan (Upper West Side)
SPKR: Rosemary Bray McNatt, The Rev., Senior Minister
DATE: 11/03/2012
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NAME: Grace Church
DENM: Mainline
AREA: Manhattan (Noho)
SPKR: J. Donald Waring, the Reverend
DATE: 11/04/2012
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NAME: Grace Church
DENM: Mainline
AREA: Manhattan (Noho)
SPKR: J. Donald Waring, the Reverend
DATE: 11/11/2012
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NAME: Glad Tidings NYC
DENM: Evangelical
AREA: Manhattan (Harlem)
SPKR: Donna Keyes, Pastor
DATE: 11/4/2012
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NAME: Homecrest Presbyterian Church
DENM: Mainline
AREA: Brooklyn (Coney Island)
SPKR: Samson Tso, Rev.
DATE: 11/04/2012
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NAME: Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
DENM: Mainline
AREA: Manhattan (Upper East Side)
SPKR: Mark R. Collins, the Rev.
DATE: 11/04/2012
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NAME: Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
DENM: Mainline
AREA: Manhattan (Upper East Side)
SPKR: Mark R. Collins, the Rev.
DATE: 11/11/2012
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NAME: International Christian Center
DENM: Pentecostal/Charismatic
AREA: Staten Island
SPKR: Ron Squibb, Senior Pastor
DATE: 11/04/2012
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NAME: Immanuel Lutheran Church
DENM: Mainline
AREA: Upper East Side
SPKR: Gregory P. Fryer, Pastor
DATE: 11/04/2012
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NAME: Immanuel Union Church
DENM: Evangelical
AREA: Staten Island
SPKR: Charles Baldini, Rev.
DATE: 11/04/2012
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NAME: Jamaica Seventh-Day Adventist Church
DENM: Black Protestant
AREA: Queens (Jamaica)
SPKR: Stephen L. Williams, Sr., Pstor Dr.
DATE: 11/4/2012
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NAME: Liberty Church NYC
DENM: Evangelical
AREA: Manhattan (Union Square)
SPKR: Parker Green
DATE: 11/04/2012
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NAME: Living Word
DENM: Pentecostal/Charismatic
AREA: Manhattan (Soho)
SPKR: Benny Hurtado, Senior Pastor
DATE: 11/04/2012
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NAME: Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church
DENM: Mainline
AREA: Manhattan (Upper West Side)
SPKR: Fred R. Anderson, the Rev. Dr.
DATE: 11/04/2012
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NAME: Middle Collegiate Church
DENM: Mainline
AREA: Manhattan (Bowery)
SPKR: Chad Tanaka Pack, Associate Minister
DATE: 11/4/2012
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NAME: Marble Collegiate Church
DENM: Mainline
AREA: Manhattan (Gramercy)
SPKR: Michael B. Brown, Senior Minister
DATE: 11/04/2012
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NAME: Messiah’s Reformed Fellowship
DENM: Evangelical
AREA: Manhattan (Midtown)
SPKR: Paul T. Murphy, Pastor
DATE: 11/04/2012
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NAME: New York Gospel Mission for the Jews
DENM: Evangelical (Jewish outreach focus)
AREA: Manhattan (Lower East Side)
SPKR: Bill Jones, Dr., Senior Pastor
DATE: 11/10/2012
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NAME: Old First Reformed Brooklyn
DENM: Mainline
AREA: Brooklyn (Park Slope)
SPKR: Daniel Meeter, the Rev. Dr.
DATE: 11/04/2012
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NAME: Plymouth Church
DENM: Mainline
AREA: Brooklyn (Brooklyn Heights)
SPKR: David C. Fisher, Reverend
DATE: 11/04/2012
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NAME: Primitive Christian Church
DENM: Evangelical
AREA: Manhattan (Lower Manhattan)
SPKR: David Morales, Associate Pastor
DATE: 11/12/2012
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NAME: Reverend Billy’s Freakstorm
DENM: Other (activist/performance art)
AREA: N/A, Internet-based
SPKR: “Reverend Billy” aka Bill Talens
DATE: 11/8/2012
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NAME: Revolution NYC
DENM: Other (Emerging)
AREA: Brooklyn (Williamsburg)
SPKR: Jay Bakker, the Reverend [3rd speaker]
DATE: 11/11/2012
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NAME: Revolution NYC
DENM: Other (Emerging)
AREA: Brooklyn (Williamsburg)
SPKR: Vince Anderson, the Reverend
DATE: 11/18/2012
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NAME: Redeemer Presbyterian Church
DENM: Evangelical
AREA: Manhattan (Midtown)
SPKR: Tim Keller, Pastor
DATE: 10/31/2012
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NAME: St Augustines Brooklyn
DENM: Mainline
AREA: Brooklyn (East Flatbush)
SPKR: Howard K. Williams, Reverend Canon Doctor
DATE: 11/4/2012
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NAME: St. Bart’s
DENM: Mainline
AREA: Manhattan (Midtown)
SPKR: Matthew J. Moretz, The Rev., Associate Rector
DATE: 11/04/2012
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NAME: St. Bart’s
DENM: Mainline
AREA: Manhattan (Midtown)
SPKR: Buddy Stallings, The Rev., Rector
DATE: 11/11/2012
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NAME: Salem Church
DENM: Evangelical
AREA: Staten Island (North)
SPKR: Ed Cole, Pastor
DATE: 11/04/2012
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NAME: Sure Foundation Lutheran
DENM: Evangelical
AREA: Queens (Flushing)
SPKR: Dan Olson, Pastor
DATE: 11/04/2012
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NAME: Sovereign Grace City Church
DENM: Evangelical
AREA: Brooklyn (Brooklyn Heights)
SPKR: Zac Martin, Senior Pastor
DATE: 11/4/2012
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NAME: St. Luke in the Fields
DENM: Mainline
AREA: Manhattan (West Village)
SPKR: Caroline Stacey, the Rev.
DATE: 11/04/2012
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NAME: St. Luke in the Fields
DENM: Mainline
AREA: Manhattan (West Village)
SPKR: Caroline Stacey, the Rev.
DATE: 11/04/2012
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