Tuesday’s RNS report starts off with a article by Jeff Diamant about CityTribe, a neighborbood church in New Jersey for those unaccustomed to churchgoing: “From his unusual pulpit-a wire-mesh piece of art with empty bottles, designed to reflect urban poverty-the Rev. Juan Galloway looks out on dozens of people who are HIV-positive, homeless or recovering drug addicts. They listen intently to Galloway, a 34-year-old white man with dreadlocks, as he tells them that they have important roles to play as evangelists. God, Galloway preaches, ‘has planted you in the apartment where you’re at, the house you live in, the bridge you live under, the abandoned building, the car. He’s put you there, a strategic representative of the kingdom of God.'”

Joshua Mitnick also contributes a report from Beit Hanoun in the Gaza Strip about real estate prices surging next to areas that will be evacuated by Israel come August 17. “‘Prices are rising because people have hope now,’ said one real estate broker.”