Kansas City Pastor and Civil Rights Leader Wallace Hartsfield Dies at 90
Rev. Wallace S. Hartsfield Sr., a spiritual and civil rights leader in Kansas City for more than 40 years, died Thursday. He was 90.
Job Corps Helps Women Discover Their True Worth
HENDERSON, TEXAS — “Christian Women’s Job Corps has been a wonderful way to reach women in the community with the gospel of Jesus Christ, with encouragement for their lives and with support,” Christie Gambrell said. “Our mission field is right here."
Bolivia Religious Debate: Bible vs Indigenous Beliefs
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Hoisting a large leather Bible above her head, Bolivia’s new interim president delivered an emphatic message hours after Evo Morales fled under pressure, the end of a nearly 14-year presidency that celebrated the country’s indigenous religious beliefs like never before.
Human Rights Advocates Welcome ‘Landmark’ UN Ruling to Prevent Rohingya Genocide
(RNS) — The United Nations' top court has ordered the government of Myanmar to take urgent measures to prevent genocide against the Rohingya, a Muslim minority in the majority-Buddhist country.
Poll: What Do Americans Know About the Holocaust? Some, Not Much
(RNS) — A new poll suggests Americans know about the Holocaust, the genocidal campaign against European Jews, but they're fuzzy on the details.
Latest Research on Vegetative State Calls for New Civil Rights Movement
(RNS) — In the 15 years since Terri Schiavo died, changes in medical research and technology give us reason to totally rethink fundamental questions about patients thought to be 'vegetative.'
It’s Worth the Hustle
Matt Mooney, a Texas Tech point guard, scored a team-high 22 points, including four three-pointers, against the Spartans in a 61-51 victory in the 2019 Final Four. In his personal life and on the court, Mooney has learned that God has “me here for a
3 Reasons Why Reading (Especially Fiction) Can Improve Your Spiritual Life
By reading fiction, we get a portal into reality and how to live well ourselves. Good fiction so often tells the truth in a way nonfiction cannot.
Why Orthodox Christians Are Losing Faith in Putin
Not only did Orthodox Christians make up a significant number of the scores of protesters who took to the streets in pro-democracy protests across Russia this year; many of them openly cited their faith as grounds for taking action.
Pastor Executed as Boko Haram Resurfaces in Surge of Violent Attacks in Nigeria
Boko Haram has waged a religious ideological war for the past two decades, aiming to crush Western influences and create an Islamic caliphate. The murder of a Nigerian pastor is only the latest in a surge of attacks in the West African nation.