Obama expands benefits to same-sex partners
June 17, 2010
President Barack Obama extended more benefits June 2 to the same-sex partners of federal employees. Adding to privileges he bestowed on partners of homosexual federal
Episcopal head defends church’s acceptance of homosexuals
June 17, 2010
NEW YORK — Episcopal Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has forcefully defended her church’s embrace of gays and lesbians and firmly rejected efforts to centralize
Alabama hosts first stateside Nehemiah Teams training
June 17, 2010
For Nazareth Baptist Church, Rainsville, the opportunity to impact seven countries and 15 people groups with the gospel seemed like a distant reality. So when
Covington church’s deaf ministry marks 25 years
June 17, 2010
Twenty-five years ago, Covington County’s deaf population was offered an opportunity to participate in worship services and church activities. That opportunity quickly grew into a
Tenn. Baptist secretary arrested on embezzlement charges
June 17, 2010
MORRISTOWN, Tenn. — A Southern Baptist church in eastern Tennessee is considering cutting back on ministries amid reports that a trusted employee of 47 years
Graduation service can’t be in a church, judge says
June 10, 2010
BLOOMFIELD, Conn. — A federal judge ruled May 31 that a Connecticut school district’s plan to hold graduation ceremonies in a megachurch violates the constitutionally
One set of food staples finally cleared in Haiti
June 10, 2010
After languishing in the Port-au-Prince port for more than a month, the first shipping container filled with Buckets of Hope was released by the Haitian
Wet/dry elections across state result in 6 towns voting for alcohol, 3 against
June 10, 2010
The results are in and the fate of several small Alabama towns has been decided — at least for the next two years. On June
