Faith
When members of the small Pennsylvania chapter of Secular Democrats of America log on for their monthly meetings, they're not there for a virtual happy hour.
by Peter Smith, Associated Press December 3, 2022DALLAS -- The regional governing bodies of the United Methodist Church are called annual conferences. They typically meet once a year to conduct church busines…
by Isabella Volmert, The Dallas Morning News December 2, 2022WASHINGTON -- The Biden administration on Friday placed a well-known Russian paramilitary organization on a list of religious freedom violators alongside a num…
by Matthew Lee, AP Diplomatic Writer December 2, 2022COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Below the vaulted dome and dark wood beams of a church in Colorado Springs, a gay men's choir rehearsed for a concert that's taken o…
by Jesse Bedayn, The Associated Press December 2, 2022WEST BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- Surrounded by a slew of players with their arms draped over shoulders, West Bloomfield High School assistant coach Justin Ib…
by Larry Lage, AP Sports Writer November 26, 2022MIDLOTHIAN, Texas -- In the biblical account of the miracle of the loaves and fishes, Jesus uses two fish and five loaves of bread to feed a large crowd. The s…
by Ruth Graham, NYTimes News Service November 26, 2022She believed in the death penalty and said that in countries where they have it, "I feel safer walking down the street." Yet in 1978, Ruth Bell Graham befriend…
November 26, 2022KYIV, Ukraine -- An investigation of a centuries-old monastic complex in Ukraine's capital and other religious sites has underscored Ukrainian authorities' sus…
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by The Associated Press November 25, 2022TEXARKANA, Texas -- Landmark Pentecostal Church holds community coat drive.
November 24, 2022She believed in the death penalty and said that in countries where they have it, "I feel safer walking down the street." Yet in 1978, Ruth Bell Graham befriend…
November 24, 2022BULL HOLLOW, Okla. -- Ryan Mackey quietly sang a sacred Cherokee verse as he pulled a handful of tobacco out of a zip-close bag. Reaching over a barbed wire fe…
by The Associated Press November 22, 2022TEXARKANA, Texas -- Cross View Baptist Church was a hive of activity Monday as volunteers packed shoeboxes with gifts for children in other parts of the world.
November 21, 2022Members of the Arkansas Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church voted Saturday to ratify disaffiliation agreements from 35 of its congregations -- inc…
by Frank E. Lockwood November 20, 2022Among U.S. faith leaders and denominations, there are sharp differences over the bill advancing in the Senate that would protect same-sex and interracial marri…
November 19, 2022