Elevation Church, which has a church in Winston-Salem, has left the Southern Baptist Convention over the convention’s rule that only men can be pastors.
- Jason Koon Morganton News Herald Correspondent
For Analia Alvarez, providing healthcare to migrant farmworkers across Burke and surrounding counties is not just a job, it’s a mission.
- RAF CASERT Associated Press
Across Europe, churches, convents and chapels stand empty and increasingly derelict as faith and church attendance shriveled over the past half century.
- By Rev. Mike Ruffin
Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it; for their wickedness has come up before me.” (Jonah 2:1-2)
- PETER SMITH and DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press
Delegates voted 9,437-1,212 to reject an appeal by Rick Warren, Saddleback's founding pastor and best-selling author of "The Purpose Driven Life."
HICKORY — The Catawba Valley Interfaith Council will hold its annual business meeting on Thursday, June 15, at 7 p.m. in the fellowship hall at Exodus Missionary Outreach Church at 1763 Highland Ave. NE in Hickory.
- Andrew J. Campa Los Angeles Times
LOS ANGELES -- Msgr. John Moretta began the meeting with a prayer of thanks that the community would be able to "express its opinions." He then segued into a message that was not so kumbaya, warning that Boyle Heights was famous for its social justice movements and would not stand for any co…
Delegates voted 9,437-1,212 to reject an appeal by Rick Warren, Saddleback's founding pastor and best-selling author of "The Purpose Driven Life."
HICKORY — The Catawba Valley Interfaith Council will hold its annual business meeting on Thursday, June 15, at 7 p.m. in the fellowship hall at Exodus Missionary Outreach Church at 1763 Highland Ave. NE in Hickory.
LOS ANGELES -- Msgr. John Moretta began the meeting with a prayer of thanks that the community would be able to "express its opinions." He then segued into a message that was not so kumbaya, warning that Boyle Heights was famous for its social justice movements and would not stand for any cochinadas, or garbage. At Resurrection Catholic Church that evening last June, the temperature of the ...
CORNELIUS — Atrium Health broke ground Wednesday on its newest hospital, Atrium Health Lake Norman. The 170,000-square-foot facility located in Cornelius will bring access to high-quality health care with state-of-the-art-technology to a growing area which is in need of this level of care. T…
Thousands of United Methodist congregations have been voting on whether to stay or quit one of the nation’s largest denominations amid intractable debates over theology and the role of LGBTQ people.
Dr. Barbara Nagy of Morganton spent decades in Africa as a medical missionary. She’s one of my heroes.
‘I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes …” (Romans 1:16)
Ann Street United
I love the feeling that I have when walking with a child and they reach up for my hand. Just that simple touch is so wonderful! They may be a little afraid — of crossing the street, of a scary sound, or maybe even a bee flying around them. It may be anything that might bring about the need f…
I know its May and Thanksgiving is six months away, but it is always a good time to talk about giving thanks.
Woman discusses medical missionary work.
PHOENIX — Michael Martz announces the release of “Why Christianity — is it real, and what’s the difference?” (published by WestBow Press) in which he reflects what Jesus said and what the apostles wrote, beyond dispute. Why is Christianity different, or any better than the others? Is the Bib…
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” (Hebrews 11:1)
Community yard sale
A nearly 150-year-old stained-glass church window showing a dark-skinned Jesus Christ interacting with women has been rediscovered in a Rhode Island church, stirring questions about race, the slave trade and the place of women in 19th century New England society.
Concerts at Calvary Lutheran
Cabarrus Dance Academy will present its 77th Annual Showcase on Saturday, May 20, at A.L. Brown High School.
Ann Street United Methodist Church
One of the scariest moments in my life was when I was a young child and got lost in a department store. I was with my parents and, like every young child, something caught my eye and I got distracted. I stopped and my parents continued to shop. When I finally looked up, I could not see my pa…
After raising the money to get them there and with U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis as their escort, the "can-do" middle school choir from Oak Level Baptist Academy in Stokesdale climbed the steps of the the Capitol Building on Tuesday and broke out in song.
This “can-do” middle school choir from Oak Level Baptist Academy in Stokesdale sang on Tuesday on the steps of the Capitol Building with the help of U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis.