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Woman standing in the aisle of a church. | Getty Images While most U.S. adults view church buildings as transcendent spaces where they can experience a sense of peace and a connectedness to the divine, the majority, including self-identified Christians, do not regularly visit a space they consider transcendent, new research shows. An online quantitative […]
Getty Images The last total lunar eclipse until 2025 will occur early Tuesday morning, just hours before voters across America start heading to the polls for what could be a pivotal moment in the nation’s history. The Nov. 8 lunar eclipse — often referred to as a “blood moon” due to the reddish hue of […]
Five of the six children who died in a suspected murder-suicide in Tulsa, Okla., on October 27, 2022. | Family handout Elected officials and several pastors banded together Sunday with community members at a prayer and healing service hosted by First Baptist Church Broken Arrow in Oklahoma to grieve the loss of six children and […]
Casie George | Courtesy Casie George The saying “opposites attract” is how 34-year-old Oklahoma resident Casie George describes the “toxic and abusive” relationship with her parents as a child. And the phrase “you are a product of who raised you” rang true in her life before she came to know Christ. In an interview with […]
Elizabeth Tabish as Mary Magdalene in season three of “The Chosen,” 2022 | The Chosen MIDLOTHIAN, Texas — Actress Elizabeth Tabish who plays Mary Magdalene in the multiseason hit series “The Chosen,” said though she was once a skeptic, the show has opened her up to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. “The Chosen” is the […]
Sadie Robertson Huff | YouTube/ Sadie Robertson “Duck Dynasty” stars Sadie Robertson Huff and her mother, Korie Robertson, shared their thoughts on where they believe some Christians have gone wrong preaching modesty and how judgment over what people wear could lead some people away from the Church. On the Nov. 1 episode of the “WHOA […]
57% of churchgoers younger than 50 want other members to vote the same way they do Getty Images As voters prepare to cast their ballots for the midterm elections, a recent study says that most Protestants prefer to attend a church where the congregation’s political views align with theirs. According to a study released Tuesday by […]
The view from the observation deck near the top of the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge. | Dennis Lennox Fairly or not most state capitals seem to be backwaters. Baton Rouge, the capital of Louisiana, is an exception. While overshadowed by much-larger New Orleans, Louisiana’s capital is very much a destination in its own […]
People participate in a Jewish solidarity march on January 5, 2020, in New York City. The march was held in response to a recent rise in anti-Semitic crimes in the greater New York metropolitan area. | Jeenah Moon/Getty Images A person of interest has been questioned concerning the credible threats against New Jersey synagogues that […]
Elder Robert Harris and his wife Tanisha in happier times. | (Photo: Facebook) A former Missouri church elder who was convicted of killing his wife after less than two years of marriage, will now spend the rest of his life in prison for his crime. Robert Lee Harris, who served as an elder at Repairers […]