Religion
What's a pastor to do when his congregation dwindles and the church he shepherds closes its doors?
by Mark Humphrey March 18, 2023About five years ago, I volunteered in a small food pantry at a local church on a Saturday morning. I was a first-time volunteer, and my job was to add fresh p…
by Jennifer Van Slooten Faith Matters March 18, 2023The sovereignty of God means that He has total control of all things past, present and future. Nothing happens that is out of His knowledge and control. All th…
by Anthony Armstrong Special to The Commercial March 17, 2023After three straight years of pandemic- and weather-related misfortune, the congregation organizing the Little Rock Community Easter Sunrise Service has decide…
by Frank E. Lockwood March 11, 2023Mount Sequoyah Center will celebrate 100 years with a series of events throughout 2023 starting with the Ringing of the Bells at 2:22 p.m. March 15 along with …
by Monica Hooper March 11, 2023A hearing will be held Tuesday in the lawsuit between Jonesboro First United Methodist Church and state United Methodist officials over control of the congrega…
by Frank E. Lockwood March 11, 2023It's two years late, but members of El Dorado's First Presbyterian Church are finally gathering to celebrate the congregation's 175th anniversary.
by Frank E. Lockwood March 11, 2023The statuesque film legend didn't call attention to herself as she shared a pew with other conservative Presbyterians in their small church not far from Hollyw…
by Terry Mattingly March 11, 2023A headline in the New York Times dubbed it a "'Woodstock' for Christians," the Woodstock reference being a quote from a Minnesota evangelist. See: tinyurl.com/…
by Paul Prather March 11, 2023ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SERVICES
by Frank E. Lockwood March 11, 2023After three straight years of pandemic- and weather-related misfortune, the congregation organizing the Little Rock Community Easter Sunrise Service has decide…
by Frank E. Lockwood March 11, 2023When I was 3 years old, my grandfather died. My mother tells me that my grandmother found the lump in her breast while dressing for the funeral and was so grie…
by Leslie Belden Faith Matters March 11, 2023Benton County
by Becca Martin-Brown March 11, 2023What does it mean to be a real man of God? I went to the gym to work out recently. I know that working out at a gym seems funny to say but there were a lot of …
by Stephen Harrison Special to The Commercial March 10, 2023The state's largest United Methodist congregation is splitting three ways after reaching what it is calling an "Amicable Reconciliation and Separation Agreemen…
by Frank E. Lockwood March 7, 2023