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Sep 17 2023
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PD: Man dies after crashing into SUV, Waterbury church
A 43-year-old man died after police said his pickup truck crashed into another vehicle and struck a church in Waterbury early Sunday morning. Officers were called to a two-vehicle crash in the area of West Main and Church Streets just before 3:45 a.m. Upon arrival, police determined that a pickup truck collided with an SUV before hitting the Saint John’s Episcopal Church. Police said the
WTNH
Sep 21 2023
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'Discriminatory behavior' leads Southern Baptist Convention to part with Oklahoma church
BARTLESVILLE ― The Southern Baptist Convention parted ways with an Oklahoma church whose preacher was photographed in blackface, but there's more to this unraveling relationship ― like more offensive photos and an unwillingness to show remorse, a Lawton minister said on Wednesday. The Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee approved a recommendation to "disfellowship" Matoaka Baptist
The Oklahoman
Sep 16 2023
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Tim Ballard responds to condemnation from his own church
SALT LAKE CITY — Tim Ballard, the founder of Operation Underground Railroad (O.U.R.) is breaking his silence after being condemned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. While on a tour in Boston, Ballard addressed a crowd of supporters and encouraged them to send his recorded statements to the media. At times, he was passionate – shouting at cameras. At times, he lowered his
FOX 13 Salt Lake City
Sep 20 2023
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Oklahoma church ousted from group membership amid discrimination accusations
KTUL 8
Sep 26 2023
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Man Armed With Gun, Knives Arrested At Church After Posting Instagram Threats: Police
A man armed with a loaded handgun, extra ammunition and several knives was arrested inside a Virginia church on Sunday morning after he posted threats of violence on Instagram, authorities said. Rui Jiang, 35, was taken into custody in the town of Haymarket, roughly 40 miles west of Washington, D.C., after someone called 911 to report him posting the threats along with photos of the local
HuffPost
Sep 26 2023
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Pastors Wonder About Church Members Who Never Came Back Post-Pandemic
fter a few hard pandemic years, Paul Seay is happy to see more people coming to the two Methodist churches he pastors in Abingdon, Virginia.
Still, he can’t help but wonder, What happened to the people who never returned?
“Some had been very involved—and they’re just gone,” said Seay, who leads Charles Wesley United Methodist Church, a historically Black congregation, and
Christianity Today
Sep 19 2023
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Woman Begs Cops For Help Outside Church, Then Gets Arrested For Murder
A “distressed” woman who stopped cops outside of a North Carolina church on Sunday was subsequently arrested for murder. The woman, later identified as Samantha Haines, 31, was found outside Mt. Carmel Church of God of Prophecy on Sunday evening, claiming she needed assistance, according to the News & Observer. Haines told members of the church that she “needed help, that she was OK, but
The Daily Caller
Sep 15 2023
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Remembering The Birmingham Church Bombing -- September 15, 1963
On September 15, 1963, members of the Ku Klux Klan, a white supremacist terrorist group, planted a bomb at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, that killed four girls: Addie Mae Collins (14), Cynthia Wesley (14), Carole Robertson (14), and Carol Denise McNair (11). The explosion knocked down power lines and blew a hole in the side of the building, completely destroying the
Daily Kos
Sep 15 2023
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60th anniversary of Alabama KKK church bombing marked
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Sixty years ago, a bomb planted by Ku Klux Klan members ripped through a Birmingham church, killing four little girls as they prepared for Sunday services. Lisa McNair's sister Denise was one of the girls who lost their lives. Tammie Fields' father was questioned as a possible suspect in the church bombing but never charged. Decades after the bombing, the two women met at a
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette