OMAHA, Neb. (RNS) — In Nebraska, many residents are getting a first look at their homes since floodwaters raged weeks ago. Local churches, national faith-based disaster relief groups, and state and federal officials are stepping in to lend a hand with the recovery.
This story tears at my heart every time I read it. Why? Because its gripping revelation is like a mirror and I don't like what I see!
Hundreds of pastors from around Iowa are involved in a "church ambassador program," meeting with and offering prayer for elected officials from both sides of the aisle.
BEIJING (BP) -- Beijing's Shouwang Church has become the fourth major underground church raided by authorities in China during the past seven months.
CUMMING, Ga. (BP) -- Jim Burton has been a professional storyteller for 43 years, Even now, ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, isn't keeping him from writing.
Which types of laws—or combinations of laws—actually reduce homicides? New research that analyzes state-level homicide rates over a quarter-century provides some clear answers
The Supreme Court issued a late-night reprieve to a Texas man scheduled to be executed this evening (Mar. 29). It appears that the issue was essentially the same as an earlier case in Alabama: whether the state can allow inmates of certain faiths to have
A hospital chaplain recounts that people who are very ill, and those who are approaching their death, share their spiritual experiences. They are very real, often vivid and intense, delight or darkness, and anyone can have them.
ST. LOUIS (RNS) — Emi Belciak teaches third grade in a tough part of suburban St. Louis, where she says her students are exposed to more violence than any child should be. Belciak wanted to do something to help — so she joined a choir.
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (BP) -- Five months after Hurricane Michael's onslaught, dozens of college students descended on Florida. The students came alongside residents like Jean Bartlett, a member of Immanuel Baptist Church in Panama City, who rode out the storm from her home.