Vestavia Hills Church to celebrate Pastor Gary Furr

September 5, 2018

Birmingham Vestavia Hills Church will celebrate Pastor Gary Furr and his 25 years as pastor Sept. 16, 10 a.m. A reception will follow that evening,

Bob Smietana named RNS editor-in-chief

September 5, 2018

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Religion News Service (RNS), an independent news service on religion, spirituality and ethics, has appointed Bob Smietana as its editor-in-chief, effective Sept.

Siluria Church to host missionaries

September 5, 2018

Shelby Siluria Church, Alabaster, will host missionaries Greg and Michelle Mullins on Sept. 16, 11 a.m. The Mullins have lived in Swaziland, Africa since June

Pleasant View Missionary Church to hold singing

September 5, 2018

BLOUNT Pleasant View Missionary Church, Holly Pond, will hold its regular third Sunday night singing Sept. 16, 6 p.m., featuring Canaan’s Crossing. For more information

Honor killing leads to death penalty in Texas

September 5, 2018

HOUSTON — A conservative Muslim has been sentenced to death in what prosecutors described as the honor killings of his daughter’s American husband and an