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Vance, at Christian nationalist revival, says immigration stance is in keeping with faith
September 28, 2024
JD Vance’s remarks in Monroeville, PA, seemed aimed at quelling some of the controversy that sprang up after he and Donald Trump accused Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, of eating townspeople’s pets.
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‘Haitians are not eating pets’: Springfield faith leaders stand with embattled migrants
September 16, 2024
‘It was a tough week,’ said Harold Herard, a Haitian community leader in Springfield and visitor at Central Christian Church on Sunday. ‘But today, we feel free.’
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Maine law thwarts impact of school choice decision, lawsuit says
September 09, 2024
A Christian school at the center of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that required Maine to include religious schools in a state tuition program is appealing a ruling upholding a requirement that all participating facilities abide by a state anti-discrimination law.
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Concerns grow about Christian nationalism in North Dakota
August 06, 2024
Some Christian denominations are publicly or discreetly raising worries about a rise in an ideology known as “Christian nationalism” that desires a brand of conservative Christian dominion over all aspects of American society and politics.
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Five faith facts about Harris pick Tim Walz, a ‘Minnesota Lutheran’ Dad
August 06, 2024
Some are calling his persona “Midwestern Dad” energy, citing his background as a high school teacher and football coach. But Minnesotans know Walz as something even more specific: a “Minnesota Lutheran” Dad.
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Oklahoma’s superintendent orders public schools to teach the Bible – relying on controversial views about religious freedom
July 08, 2024
Ryan Walters claimed in an interview on NewsNation that the Bible had “been removed from classrooms, and we’re saying, listen, we’re proud to be the first state to bring it back.”
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Photo Essay: Exploring Trans and Queer Identity through Appalachian, Christian Iconography
May 07, 2024
In this photo series, one photographer aims to capture the essence of the shared experiences of trans and queer individuals within the context of Appalachia.
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Thousands of churches will likely close down. What happens to all that real estate?
March 15, 2024
A new book looks at the ways churches could be reused for the public good in the future, including rural sanctuaries partnering with health care centers.
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Protesters far outnumber Westboro demonstrators in Owasso
March 07, 2024
The handful of Westboro Baptist Church demonstrators who gathered outside of Owasso High School just after 2 p.m. Wednesday sported signs with captions that targeted transgender and nonbinary people.
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As wildfires rage through Panhandle, Fritch residents seek respite at church
March 01, 2024
Shaken by the devastation, families find comfort in each other as they pick through the rubble and commune at a church in nearby Borger.
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Anti-Semitic propaganda distributed again in Wausau
February 04, 2024
Residents in Wausau say they received anti-Semitic leaflets stuffed in their mailboxes over the weekend that connects Jewish religious law with satanism.
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Vaccine exemptions surge in Wyoming
January 24, 2024
Likely spurred by flawed studies in the 90s and vaccine fears during the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of religious exemptions continues to grow.
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An East Texas city goes secular for the holidays, rejecting a menorah in downtown holiday display
December 15, 2023
Smith County’s top elected official said the downtown square’s holiday decorations policy seeks to avoid a “hodgepodge.”
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Native Alaskan healer named North America’s first female saint in Orthodox Church
November 10, 2023
A Native Alaskan midwife known for her healing love, especially toward abused women, has become the first female Orthodox Christian saint from North America after she was glorified at a meeting of bishops of the Orthodox Church in America in Chicago this week.
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Black churches play a key role in connecting communities to broadband internet
October 06, 2023
Black clergy and faith leaders in the rural South have been working for years to bridge the digital divide in their communities and congregations, and a pandemic-era federal program gave those efforts a boost by offering discounted internet access. But fewer than half of the estimated 49 million Americans who are eligible have enrolled, and now questions loom about the program’s long-term funding by Congress.
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