Religion
U.S. Catholic bishops overwhelmingly approved the drafting of a "teaching document" that many of them hope will rebuke Catholic politicians, including Presid...
by Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports - June 19, 2021Every Sunday at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, the Rev. Joseph Jackson Jr. praises God before his congregation. But since last fall he has been praisi...
by CARRIE ANTLFINGER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - June 19, 2021As ideological divisions wracked the Southern Baptist Convention this year ahead of a pivotal national meeting, one of the leading candidates for its preside...
by DAVID CRARY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - June 19, 2021In April, rumors began swirling in various New York neighborhoods with large Orthodox Jewish communities about how the coronavirus vaccine could pose a serio...
by HANNAH DREYFUS THE NEW YORK TIMES - June 19, 2021The Byrds' classic "Turn! Turn! Turn!" didn't sound like anything else on the radio when it hit No. 1 on the Billboard charts in 1965.
by TERRY MATTINGLY - June 19, 2021Several entities have partnered to debut a new initiative to help Arkansas faith leaders champion economic justice and anti-poverty efforts in their communit...
by The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - June 19, 2021ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SERVICES
June 19, 2021Last week I counted more than 100 kinds of cookies in my grocery store and at least 72 kinds of potato chips. (I lost count.) How do we handle so many choice...
by Maya Porter - June 19, 2021Benton County
by Becca Martin-Brown - June 19, 2021U.S. Catholic bishops overwhelmingly approved the drafting of a "teaching document" that many of them hope will rebuke Catholic politicians, including Presid...
by The Associated Press - June 18, 2021Southern Baptist delegates at the denomination's annual meeting voted definitively Wednesday for the abolition of abortion and for supervision of a coming in...
by Francisca Jones - June 17, 2021Delegates at the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to have a floor debate on a proposed investigation into the deno...
by The Associated Press - June 16, 2021Race and sexual abuse were among the top issues that Southern Baptists voted on Tuesday during the opening day of their annual meeting in Nashville.
by Francisca Jones - June 16, 2021The Southern Baptist Convention held its largest gathering in decades Tuesday amid debates over race and sexual abuse, a concerted effort to push the conserv...
by The Associated Press - June 15, 2021NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee on Monday quashed a push for an independent committee to lead an investigation over...
by The Associated Press - June 15, 2021