'I really didn’t have money to open a bar,' said Lipstick Lounge-owner Jonda Valentine. 'But I really believed that’s what God wanted me to do.'
Critics are questioning whether the change is a full departure from the past or merely cosmetic.
An analysis of departing churches suggests the country’s second-largest Protestant denomination will be weakened, but it is unlikely to break.
The proposed policy 'borders on a wealth test for some of the most vulnerable children and families,' said one advocate.
To Chuching Wang, who helped organize the vigil, it was deeply moving to see people of different ethnicities and religions unite in the aftermath of the shooting that struck the Chinese American community.
'It's really going to move more towards a local level,' said Fr. Dave Pivonka, who attended the march.
'Sowing the Sacred: Mexican Pentecostal Farmworkers in California' recounts how 'divine healing' was seen as a pragmatic way to care for impoverished workers who lacked regular access to medical care.
Commissioners discuss how to organize their work and what resources they might need, such as agency descriptions, organizational charts and basic budgets.
Hybrid workshops, Spanish interpretation, pilgrimages and more. Here’s what you need to know.
“God has been weaving the thread.”
A wildly diverse city takes a multifaceted, interagency and interfaith approach to faith-based security efforts.
‘If China’s genocidal policies and colonialism continue, Uyghurs and other Turkic peoples … will cease to exist,’ said one activist.
Since last summer’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, much of the focus of the abortion fight has moved to statehouses.
Congress approved the transfer of the land to Resolution Copper in 2014 in exchange for 6,000 acres elsewhere, but the Western Apache claim that the site has unique spiritual meaning.
Hunt told a Florida megachurch that false allegations had ruined his life but he still has faith in Jesus.
North Korea has returned to the top of the World Watch List with its highest-ever persecution score after an increase of arrests of Christians under its ‘anti-reactionary thought’ law.
At least four evangelical pastors were among those arrested in the aftermath of the attack.
Contentious issues of church polity have been exposed by Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February.
The lawsuit claimed that the US Department of Education failed to protect LGBTQ+ students at religious schools from discrimination.
We’ve heard little about the students who initiated the complaint and why they objected to a painting of the prophet.
Nick Bates opines that we must pray, organize and lift our voices to guarantee all votes are counted, all votes are treated equally and all voters have access to the ballot box.
Muslim civil rights and advocacy group says "no evidence" classroom lesson was Islamophobic, expresses support for Muslim students.
‘We wanted to create the resource we wish we would have had,’ conference founder Kara Erickson said.
Bills chaplain Len Vanden Bos said he has witnessed a unifying desire for prayer among both players and fans since Hamlin fell to the turf in Cincinnati.
A guide to emerging Christian nationalist voices.
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