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Many couples are forgoing religious norms and traditional vows for wedding ceremonies they feel are more individualized, more intimate, and maybe even more fun.

The missionary arm of the Southern Baptist Convention is reaching out to potential victims of former Southern Baptist leader who was indicted in December on a charge of child sexual abuse.  

Scholars estimate that as many as 30% of the African slaves brought to the U.S., from West and Central African countries like Gambia and Cameroon, were Muslim. Among the difficulties they faced, were also those related to their faith.

“I have no regrets; we do not give up,” 75-year-old Baptist minister Chu Yiu-ming said as he and eight other leaders of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy Umbrella Movement of 2014 were convicted of various charges related to public nuisance.

Claims that contraception is dangerous to women’s health echo the conservative Catholic and increasingly Christian right expectation that women should only have sex for reproductive purposes and should abstain from sex if they don’t wish to become pregnant.

The NAACP called a string of fires at four historically black churches in Louisiana last week examples of “domestic terrorism” as federal agents investigate the blazes.

Hayes Barton Baptist Church and residents of the surrounding neighborhood have agreed to a compromise: The church will remove some historic homes to make way for parking, but leave others standing for use as affordable housing.

The South Bend, Indiana, mayor and 2020 hopeful said he “can’t believe” Christians would want to back the president.

Authorities say suspicious fires at three historically African-American churches in a single Louisiana parish appear to be connected but are hesitant to say whether race is thought to be a motivating factor.