Pascagoula church celebrates being debt-free with mortgage burning celebration

PASCAGOULA, Miss. (WLOX) - On Sunday, the Greater Antioch Missionary Baptist Church celebrated becoming debt-free with a ...

Fire destroys Bethlehem United Methodist Church in Lonoke County, but not parishioners’ spirit

Flames destroyed Bethlehem United Methodist Church on Monday, gutting the century-old sanctuary and incinerating all of its ...

From father to son: Pastor May retires; his progeny takes over

CATLETTSBURG From a 9-year-old pounding out beloved gospel tunes on the piano to a well-established church leader, Willie May has had a wide range of experiences in leading worship. Now, the ...

Inspired by success of his first youth-led concert, Naperville student plans a second for spring

Alex Amato fell in love with music the first time he heard rock pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis play the piano. “I was absolutely ...
Reading Eagle

Spot of T: Let memory bubbles take you away to good times

Memories are funny things. They can pop up when you least expect it, evoking strong feelings, either good, bad or indifferent. It is very interesting how many things can spark memories: a scent, a ...
ProPublica

5 Takeaways From Our Investigation Into How Leaders of a Minnesota Church Community Enabled a Child Abuser

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every ...
Star Tribune

5 takeaways from our investigation into the Old Apostolic Lutheran Church in Duluth

Our investigation of a little-known church community in northeastern Minnesota started with something that has become depressingly familiar: child sex abuse. The Minnesota Star Tribune and ProPublica ...
Star Tribune

Editor’s note: How we reported on ‘forgive and forget’ investigation

Last December, Jessica Lussenhop, a reporter with ProPublica, received a tip about child sexual abuse within the Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community in Duluth. Days earlier, Clint Massie, who ...
ProPublica

Young Girls Were Sexually Abused by a Church Member. They Were Told to Forgive and Forget.

This story contains graphic descriptions of sexual abuse. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around ...
CNN

Inside the old church where one trillion webpages are being saved

Just blocks from the Presidio of San Francisco, the national park at the base of the Golden Gate Bridge, stands a gleaming white building, its façade adorned with eight striking gothic columns. But ...
6abc News

Base of historic bell damaged outside church in Old City

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- It was a disappointing discovery in Old City as a vandal damaged the base of a historic bell. That bell was created by the same foundry that produced the Liberty Bell. It stands ...
WGNO

82-year-old French Quarter legend plays Super Bowl piano

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — She’s a star in the French Quarter. She’s 82-year-old piano-playing legend Henrietta Alves. Now, she’s sitting down to play at the New Orleans Museum of Art. WGNO Good Morning New ...