Religion
In the early 1800s when enslaved and free Black Americans wore their Sunday best to the Baptist Meeting House in Williamsburg, Va., the straight pins used to...
by MICHAEL E. RUANE THE WASHINGTON POST October 16, 2021Benton County
by Becca Martin-Brown October 16, 2021NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A top Southern Baptist Convention administrator is resigning amid internal rifts over how to handle an investigation into the SBC's respon...
by The Associated Press October 15, 2021I am honored to have an inner circle of women in my life. They know the worst and best of me, yet still accept me as I am. We have spent years laughing toget...
by Brenette Wilder Special to The Commercial October 15, 2021FIRST MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, 4500 Faucett Road, will observe its 156th church anniversary at 11 a.m. Sunday. The guest speaker will be the Rev. McConico ...
by Pine Bluff Commercial October 15, 2021Catholic Daughters of the Americas at St. Joseph Catholic Church at Pine Bluff hosted the Blessing of the Animals at two events recently.
by Special to The Commercial October 13, 2021m Adam Bennett, a pastor in St. Martin, Miss., called it the future of currency transactions after his Back Bay Baptist Church announced that, in addition to...
by Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports October 12, 2021"You know how some neighborhoods have a house all the kids believe is haunted? A really creepy place you'd rather cross the street than walk right by?" says ...
by Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press (TNS) October 12, 2021In the early 1800s when enslaved and free Black Americans wore their Sunday best to the Baptist Meeting House in Williamsburg, Va., the straight pins used to...
by MICHAEL E. RUANE THE WASHINGTON POST October 9, 2021Over the summer, as migrants again rushed into the Mexican border city of Matamoros, a local pastor lost his patience.
by NATALIE KITROEFF THE NEW YORK TIMES October 9, 2021In an age in which satire and news often overlap, it was hard to know what to make of this headline: "New York Atheists Claim Religious Exemption From Vaccin...
by TERRY MATTINGLY October 9, 2021People have turned to religious practice to help them deal with concerns of life and death, loss and meaning for thousands of years. In his new book "How God...
by SARAH PULLIAM BAILEY THE WASHINGTON POST October 9, 2021ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SERVICES
by Francisca Jones October 9, 2021A historical marker dedication ceremony for the former St. Andrews Episcopal Church, a Black Episcopal Mission, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Oct. 17. The observ...
by Special to The Commercial October 9, 2021The first time I read the statement of one of our nation's founders, then president, Thomas Jefferson, I was deeply moved by the words, and I have never forg...
by H.D. McCarty October 9, 2021