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Witnessing the execution of death-row inmate Elmo Patrick Sonnier in 1984 sparked Sister Helen Prejean's mission of advocacy against the death penalty, and her…
Witnessing the execution of death-row inmate Elmo Patrick Sonnier in 1984 sparked Sister Helen Prejean's mission of advocacy against the death penalty, and her…
Witnessing the execution of death-row inmate Elmo Patrick Sonnier in 1984 sparked Sister Helen Prejean's mission of advocacy against the death penalty, and her…
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Gov. Asa Hutchinson and Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott Jr. joined California pastor and author D.A. Horton on Friday at the Robinson Center in Little Rock for a…
Judith Faust first heard the United Methodist Church's slogan "Open hearts. Open minds. Open doors." in 2005 at Quapaw United Methodist Church, where she'd tak…
The Rev. Ben Crismon, pastor of First United Methodist Church in Benton, has been reminding his 1,800-member flock in recent months about the history of the bu…
Gov. Asa Hutchinson and Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott Jr. will take part in a conversation on faith and race with a minister from California on Friday at the R…
It was 15 years earlier when Dr. Gareth Tobler, lead cardiac surgeon at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, was approached about se…
Cynthia Solis was involved with the Catholic church in Arkansas even before there was a parish in her town to attend.
Jen Cummins, secretary of St. Michael's Catholic Church in Van Buren, remembers taking her two children to a church in 2017 for the opportunity to spend time w…
Not long after J.B. Cross and his family joined Little Rock's Christ Episcopal Church in 1992, he found himself studying the neo-Gothic church building's stain…
Candlelight dotted the sanctuary of Community Christian Church in Maumelle on Thursday, and amid gentle piano music and solemn chanting the St. Nicholas Episco…
Little Rock area faith leaders have partnered with the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation, the state Department of Health and Interfaith Arkansas to …
Science and technology keep company with the saints of yore and the virtue of gratitude for the second set of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's annual roundup of…
Travel, science and technological advancement keep company with the saints of yore and the virtue of gratitude for the concluding six volumes of the Arkansas D…
Christmas and the holiday season are upon us, and the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's annual list of gift-giving recommendations is here.
Christmas and the holiday season are upon us, and the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's annual list of gift-giving recommendations is here.
Inside the one-story building still bearing its convenience-store sign at the curb, pastor James Gendi began his sermon.
This week, Hindus worldwide celebrated Diwali, known as the faith's festival of lights, with firecrackers, gifts and sweets in the holiday that above all celeb…
The Jewish community in Arkansas and beyond has mourned the deaths of the 11 people killed Oct. 27 during a Shabbat service at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pi…
The wide, sunlit halls of Central Baptist Church in Jonesboro rang with the camaraderie of hundreds of pastors from around the state who gathered last week for…
The wide, sunlit halls of Central Baptist Church in Jonesboro rang with the camaraderie of hundreds of pastors from around the state who gathered Monday for th…
Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes and Esther -- known as the Five Scrolls in Jewish tradition -- are books of the Bible that are centrally involv…
The Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentation, Ecclesiastes and Esther -- known as the Five Scrolls in Jewish tradition -- are books of the Bible that are centrally inv…
Scott McLean stood at a microphone in a wooded area of Burns Park in North Little Rock last Saturday, kidding a group of former inmates and their relatives.
As a child in Puerto Rico, the Rev. Eric Barreto attended school on an American military base alongside the children of soldiers who had been stationed outside…
At Our Lady of Good Counsel Church on Sunday, parishioners listened to a recorded homily of Bishop Anthony Taylor speaking about his decision last week to rele…
Tad Callister, general president of the Sunday School for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, remembers the first time he read the Book of Mormon …
Life Church, an Oklahoma City-based evangelical church founded by Craig Groeschel in 1996, has grown from its beginnings in a two-car garage to a multisite chu…
Community members of differing faiths, cultures and traditions will gather at 6 p.m. Thursday for the annual interfaith event "Love Thy Neighbor" at Saint Mark…
It has been 30 years since Holly Grove native Jane Dennis took over as editor of Arkansas United Methodist, but her memory of discovering a computer tucked awa…
The Rev. David Dyer of Westminster Presbyterian Church handed out brand-new hymnals to his congregation July 15.
Humanae Vitae -- the encyclical issued by Pope Paul VI that reaffirmed teachings of the Catholic Church concerning marriage and family, the sanctity of life, s…
Northwest Arkansas' Cross Church pastor Ronnie Floyd has met and ministered to many people whose daily lives were out of balance in one or more aspects, but th…
Area faith leaders who have strongly opposed the separation of migrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border will be among those pushing for additional change tod…
Vice President Mike Pence touted the achievements of President Donald Trump's administration and expressed solidarity with Southern Baptists on Wednesday in hi…
Southern Baptist Convention delegates adopted resolutions Tuesday that included condemning sexual abuse and misbehavior by members of the denomination.
Only her faith has allowed Sherri Pomeroy to begin to heal and rebuild her life after her daughter died Nov. 5 in a mass shooting at a Texas church where her h…
Southern Baptist Convention President Steve Gaines called last month for Southern Baptists to pray for unity in the 21 days leading up to their annual gatherin…
Southern Baptists are gathered in Dallas this week for the denomination's annual gathering and business meeting against a backdrop of concern regarding members…
A Chinese-English Bible that belonged to United Methodist missionary Pearle McCain is splashed throughout with notes in the margins and additions to the text w…
Particle physicist Michael Strauss was at one time headed to seminary school, or so he thought.
Experimental particle physicist Michael Strauss has had a lifelong interest in physics, and comes across his share of people who view religion and science as u…
The Rev. Ronnie Floyd, senior pastor of Cross Church in Northwest Arkansas, plans to call for Americans to come together and pray for the country during the 20…
The Little Rock ministry FamilyLife reaches an estimated 60,000 people each year with its "Weekend To Remember" events for couples, and its radio program, Fami…
More than 900 Americans followed Disciples of Christ minister Jim Jones to northwestern Guyana in the 1970s to form a Utopian society of social equality and ra…
When spiritual fiction author Roland Merullo addresses the audience Thursday at Saint Mark's Episcopal Church, instead of notes or an outline in hand he will h…
"Beloved in the Lord, on this most holy night, in which our Lord Jesus passed over from death to life, we are gathered here in vigil and prayer. This is the Pa…
About 250 pastors, staff and members of Baptist churches attended a seminar Monday devoted to church safety and security -- hosted by the Arkansas Baptist Stat…
By the time she was 3, Melba Pattillo Beals knew the 23rd Psalm and the Lord's Prayer by heart.