Police Shoot, Arrest Man After He Interrupted Church Service
A worship service at Oak Grove Baptist Church in Waxhaw, N.C., ended abruptly Sunday morning May 24 after a disturbance by a neighbor led to a police-involved shooting.
Trained in Rebuilding after Disasters, NC Baptists Now Distribute Food Boxes
In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, Baptists on Mission, an auxiliary of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, is remaking itself as a food distribution network, delivering boxes of produce to people struggling to get by.
Judge Blocks N.C. Governor’s Virus-Related Orders on Churches
A federal judge in North Carolina on Saturday sided with conservative Christian leaders (including two Baptist churches) and blocked the enforcement of restrictions that Gov. Roy Cooper ordered affecting indoor religious services during the coronavirus pandemic.
Baptist Churches Sue to Block N.C. Governor Order
Conservative Christian leaders sued North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper on Thursday (May 14), asking a court to throw out his restrictions on indoor religious services in the state during the COVID-19 pandemic. They argued the limits, initiated by Cooper with health in mind, violate their
N. Carolina Governor Defends Rules for Businesses, Churches
Stating “pandemics cannot be partisan,” North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper on Tuesday defended his eased stay-at-home order as criticism mounted from elected Republican officials and demonstrators who gather weekly outside his home. His order continues to impact churches.
N.C. Church Service Restriction Being Reviewed
North Carolina legislators and leading sheriffs want Gov. Roy Cooper to clarify or remove a portion of his executive order that limits how religious services can convene under his eased stay-at-home rules for COVID-19.
250-Year-Old U.S. Easter Tradition’s Horns Silenced by Coronavirus Pandemic
Every Easter Sunday for almost 250 years, residents of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, have been awakened by small groups of musicians playing the hymn "Sleepers, Wake," before the Home Moravian church's sunrise service. Not this year.
N.C. Minister Accused of Making Child Porn Faces New Federal Charge
A North Carolina Baptist minister arrested last week for alleged sexual exploitation of a minor now faces a federal indictment stemming from an ongoing joint investigation by local authorities and the FBI.
‘Best of Enemies’: Real Faith and Racial Reconciliation on the Big Screen
(RNS) — Set in Durham in 1971, "The Best of Enemies" spotlights a dramatically unlikely — but nonetheless true — pairing: a local Ku Klux Klan leader named C.P. Ellis and Ann Atwater, a black community activist and single mother.
How Mark Harris, a Prominent Republican Pastor in Charlotte, Lost His Way in N.C. Elections
In some ways, the drama surrounding the North Carolina's Ninth District has only just begun. Through his attorney, Mark Harris, who had stepped down as the senior pastor of Charlotte’s First Baptist Church to devote more time to his congressional campaign, said he is unsure