After Hurricane Ian’s deadly wrath, Florida, Carolinas begin recovery
Fort Myers, Florida/Charleston, South Carolina, US Reuters Florida and the Carolinas, staggered by one of the fiercest storms in US history, faced a massive recovery on Saturday as remnants of Hurricane Ian threatened further flooding along the Eastern Seaboard while leaving tens of billions of dollars in damage in its wake. The number of confirmed […]
Southern Baptists cut ties with LGBTQ-friendly church
United StatesAP The Southern Baptist Conventions’ top administrative body voted to cut ties with two congregations on Tuesday – an LGBTQ-friendly church in North Carolina that had itself quit the denomination decades ago and a New Jersey congregation it cited for “alleged discriminatory behaviour”. The votes of the Executive Committee came at the end of […]
In the US, 31 United Methodist churches in North Carolina demand immediate exit from denomination, threaten lawsuit
Updated: 11:45pm, 20th August, 2022 (AEST)United StatesRNS Thirty-one United Methodist churches in western North Carolina in the US are demanding they be allowed to leave the United Methodist Church and have hired a Florida legal firm to push their claim forward. The National Center for Life and Liberty sent a letter to Bishop Ken Carter, […]
On the Screen: ‘Where The Crawdads Sing’ a melancholic and evocative murder-mystery set in the North Carolina marshlands
DAVID ADAMS watches ‘Where The Crawdads Sing’…
Conviction after protest “badge of honour” for US civil rights activist
Raleigh, North Carolina, US AP A US civil rights leader said Tuesday that he won’t stop raising his voice for the poor, uninsured and downtrodden, although his trespassing conviction for a demonstration five years ago at North Carolina’s Legislative Building was allowed to stand. Rev William Barber II of Goldsboro, president of the national Repairers […]
Postcards: Merged Southern congregation sets an example for racial unity
ARON RANEN, of Associated Press, reports from Kannapolis, North Carolina…
Southern Baptists pivot to address church sexual abuse at the state level
RNS Southern Baptist leaders in North Carolina have announced plans to proactively review their state convention’s response to the issue of sexual abuse. The review, approved on Monday by the executive committee of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, will look at current policies and procedures for preventing abuse and responding when abuse occurs. […]
‘Growing small’: Amid a boom of plus-sized churches in the US, one Catholic church wants to keep it small
YONAT SHIMRON, of Religion News Service, reports on North Carolina’s Mother Teresa Catholic Church bid to stay small…
Billy Graham’s 1940s cottage in North Carolina is listed for sale at $US600,000
RNS If you want to buy a piece of American religious history, then — as Billy Graham might have said — the time is now. A North Carolina cottage that the famed evangelist and his wife, Ruth Bell Graham, once called home is for sale. The Grahams bought the four-bedroom house at 198 Mississippi Road […]
Last North Carolina immigrant to take sanctuary at a church goes home
RNS Juana Luz Tobar Ortega, who spent nearly four years in church sanctuary at an Episcopal church in Greensboro, North Carolina, will be allowed to go home beginning on Monday. Ortega, 48, is the latest undocumented immigrant to emerge from the network of US churches that harboured people threatened with deportation by the Trump administration. […]