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Amid crises, rural roots anchor Southern Baptists’ president
October 03, 2022 - 5:27 AM

FARMERSVILLE, Texas (AP) — On the first Saturday of fall, a sweating Bart Barber trekked across a weedy pasture in search of Bully Graham, the would-be patriarch of the rural Baptist pastor’s fledgling cattle herd.
Catholics turn to action to reconcile faith with lacklustre apology
July 30, 2022 - 12:36 PM

Some Catholics say it's not easy to reconcile their faith with what they see as the Pope's lacklustre apology for the horrors Church-run residential schools inflicted on Indigenous children, but for many, the process involves trying to change the institution, rather than abandoning it.
Christians strip down at a South Texas nudist community
July 06, 2022 - 2:15 PM

(RNS) — Outside the small Texas town of Elsa, a sheet metal fence too tall to see over surrounds a few acres of prime Rio Grande Valley land. In front of the compound’s drab, gray gate, bright orange letters spell out “Nature’s Resort.” The gate opens to reveal a seemingly ordinary community. RVs and small homes line the roads, péntaque and pickleball courts offer residents recreational spaces, and the front office acts as the community’s nucleus.
#ChurchToo revelations growing, years after movement began
June 12, 2022 - 11:21 AM

A withering report on sexual abuse and cover-up in the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denomination in the U.S.
Racial unity: Merged Southern congregation sets an example
February 14, 2022 - 8:32 AM

KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (AP) — Troy Savage says Martin Luther King Jr.’s decades-old criticism of the racial divide in the U.S. church still rings true today.
Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2019
December 31, 2019 - 6:55 PM

A lauded writer who brought to light stories overshadowed by prejudice. An actress and singer who helped embody the manufactured innocence of the 1950s. A self-made billionaire who rose from a childhood of Depression-era poverty and twice ran for president.
Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2019
December 16, 2019 - 10:46 AM

A sharecropper's son who rose through the seats of power to become one of the nation's most influential voices. A Republican who went on to lead the U.S. Supreme Court's liberal wing. A lauded writer who brought to light stories overshadowed by prejudice.
Scholars say religious vaccine objections can't be traced to Biblical sources
October 17, 2019 - 2:46 PM

TORONTO - The medical arguments for vaccinating children against infectious diseases are overwhelming, but they still fail to convince a significant number of parents who seek exemptions in provinces that require shots for kids in school.
Polarizing but enduring Cabinet member: Education head DeVos
May 06, 2019 - 11:02 AM

When President Donald Trump visits a school, it's usually for a campaign rally, not a classroom tour. At his latest State of the Union address, he mentioned education just once. On Twitter, he has used the word "education" six times while in office, compared with 500 uses of the word "border."
American evangelist leads rare event in communist Vietnam
December 08, 2017 - 8:05 PM

HANOI, Vietnam - More than 10,000 Vietnamese filled up a stadium in a rare Christian evangelistic event led by the Rev. Franklin Graham, who said he wants the communist government to consider Christians its best citizens.
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Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

Manitoba government plans to lift ban on homegrown recreational cannabis
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is planning to end its ban on homegrown recreational cannabis — a move that would leave Quebec as the only province with such a restriction. "We're just allowing Manitobans to have the same

Kamloops council to expand tax exemptions for new rental builds
Developers have more land to choose from if they want to cut costs on new rental buildings in Kamloops. The City is looking to expand a tax exemption program to span massive swaths of Kamloops in order to encourage development. Previously r

Lifestyle News

Amid crises, rural roots anchor Southern Baptists’ president

Catholics turn to action to reconcile faith with lacklustre apology

Christians strip down at a South Texas nudist community

#ChurchToo revelations growing, years after movement began

Racial unity: Merged Southern congregation sets an example

Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2019

Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2019

Scholars say religious vaccine objections can't be traced to Biblical sources

Polarizing but enduring Cabinet member: Education head DeVos

American evangelist leads rare event in communist Vietnam

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