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Hanukkah officially begins on December 25 at nightfall. But Jewish families are already getting together to celebrate.
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A statue of the late Rev. Billy Graham has been unveiled at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, where it will stand on behalf of his native North Carolina. The bronze sculpture of the prolific Charlotte-born evangelist was made public during a ceremony Thursday in the Capitol. -
United Methodist delegates have repealed their church's longstanding ban on the celebrations of same-sex marriages or unions by its clergy. The action marked the final major repeal of a half-century's collection of LGBTQ bans and disapprovals that were embedded in the laws and social teachings of the United Methodist Church. -
The Southern Baptist Convention's top administrative body voted Tuesday to oust four congregations — one for having a woman as senior minister, two for… -
An international cultural festival in Washington this weekend could bring half a million people to the heart of the nation’s capital, and a retreat center in Boone has been helping to make it happen. -
The Salem Media Group co-founder Stuart Epperson Sr. has died. He was from Ararat, Virginia, and later lived in Winston-Salem. He was 86 years old.… -
Internationally known spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar will speak in Winston-Salem Thursday. Shankar will present his event “The Sixth Sense:… -
Thousands of United Methodist congregations have been voting on whether to stay or quit one of the nation’s largest denominations amid intractable debates over theology and the role of LGBTQ people. There are stark differences over recognizing same-sex marriage and ordaining LGBTQ clergy. More than 400 congregations have disaffiliated in North Carolina. -
Boone police are investigating an antisemitic act at a Jewish temple on the outskirts of downtown. Police say someone was at the Temple of the High… -
College Park Baptist Church found itself in the news last week when the Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee voted to remove it from its rolls because of its “open affirmation, approval and endorsement of homosexual behavior." That action came 23 years after the congregation itself voted to leave the SBC, but according to the Executive Committee, it had remained on its rolls until now.
