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Mar 28 2023
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Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Announces Campaign for Houston Mayor at Local Church
Following months of rumors in the state’s most populous city, long-time U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX-18) announced last weekend she is running for mayor of Houston. Although she had not yet filed her intention to run with the Houston city secretary nor officially named a campaign treasurer, Urban Reform was first to report that during a visit to City Cathedral last Saturday Lee made her
The Texan
Apr 07 2023
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Virginia scientists discover graves of 3 men who belonged to one of the nation’s oldest Black churches
Three men whose graves were found at the original site of one of the nation’s oldest Black churches were members of its congregation in the early 19th century, a team of archaeologists and scientists in Virginia announced Thursday. The First Baptist Church was formed in 1776 by free and enslaved Black people in Williamsburg, Virginia's colonial capital. Members initially gathered in fields and
Fox News (Online News)
Apr 10 2023
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Alabama woman sentenced to prison after stealing $90K from church where she served as secretary
An Alabama woman was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison after stealing nearly $90,000 from a church where she worked as secretary that has since been closed. Carmen Ramer Davis, 59, was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty in November to eight counts of wire fraud, according to court records. Brooklyn Congregational Methodist Church in Coffee County closed over financial struggles
Fox News (Online News)
Apr 05 2023
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DOJ reaches tentative $144.5 million settlement with victims of Sutherland Springs church mass shooting
The US Department of Justice on Wednesday announced it had reached an “agreement in principle” to settle lawsuits from the November 2017 mass shooting at a Sutherland Springs, Texas, church for $144.5 million, according to a news release. A federal court in 2021 ruled the US government was liable for damages caused by the shooting, in which 26 people were killed and 22 others wounded. The Air
CNN (Online News)
Mar 30 2023
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Residents in western Minnesota town displaced by train derailment find refuge at nearby church
PRINSBURG, Minn. -- Roughly 60 residents from a western Minnesota town are receiving care at a nearby church after a train carrying ethanol and corn syrup derailed around 1 a.m. Thursday morning. Steven Zwart, senior pastor at Unity Christian Reform Church, said he was notified of an imminent evacuation around 1:30 a.m. Originally about 150 people stayed at a school overnight, but were
CBS News (Online)
Mar 16 2023
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Mormon Church donates water shares to aid the Great Salt Lake
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will donate 20,000 acre-feet of water to the Great Salt Lake in an attempt to save the shrinking body of water, the Utah Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced on Wednesday. Driving the news: The church, one of the largest private landowners in the U.S., gifted 5,700 of its water shares in the North Point Consolidated Irrigation Company
Axios
Mar 15 2023
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LDS church donates thousands of water shares to Great Salt Lake
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a major property owner in the state of Utah, has donated a massive amount of water shares to the Great Salt Lake. Utah's Department of Natural Resources confirmed the faith group donated 5,700 water shares, or about 20,000 acre-feet, in permanent water rights to the lake. It's the equivalent size of Little Dell Reservoir, and it will be solely
ABC 10News San Diego
Apr 09 2023
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Easter egg hunt at new North Austin Center to be the first of many events for West Side church
Dressed in their Sunday best, the kids stood at the starting line each holding a brown paper bag — their allotted limit for the Easter egg hunt at the newly-opened North Austin Center sports facility. As the announcer said “go,” the children scrambled to grab as many plastic eggs as they could off the artificial turf. One child, with his bag already full, balanced another egg precariously on
Chicago Sun-Times
Mar 23 2023
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Judge’s dismissal of 36 churches’ lawsuit holds implications for other UMC departures
A North Carolina judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by 36 United Methodist churches seeking to leave the denomination without following its required exit process. The dismissal holds broader implications for the slow-moving splintering of the worldwide denomination, which currently counts 6.5 million members in the United States. According to a press release from the Western North Carolina
Baptist News Global
Mar 15 2023
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Mormon church to make massive water contribution to Great Salt Lake
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has agreed to part with a massive amount of water to help replenish the dwindling Great Salt Lake. The Salt Lake City-based institution, one of the wealthiest organizations in Utah, will be donating more than 5,700 water shares that it holds in the North Point Consolidated Irrigation Company to the state. The donated water, which was historically
The Hill