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Guilford County commissioners voted six to two against placing the phrase "In God We Trust" on county buildings Thursday. Commissioner James Upchurch,…

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.

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.

The Southern Baptist Convention's top administrative body voted to cut ties with two congregations on Tuesday — an LGBTQ-friendly church in Greensboro, North Carolina, that had itself quit the denomination decades ago and a New Jersey congregation it cited for “alleged discriminatory behavior.”

Every Sunday at La Iglesia Cristiana sin Fronteras, the band begins playing at 10:00 am after thanking everyone that's in attendance both in person and on…

Public schools would have to display the official U.S. and North Carolina mottos in prominent areas in legislation that's cleared one General Assembly…

A social justice movement started by Rev. William Barber kicked off 40 days of action this week, and activists in Greensboro got a pep talk from the man…

A minister and descendant of Robert E. Lee in North Carolina has quit his job, resigning after speaking out against white supremacy. Robert Wright Lee IV…

A judge held a juror in contempt and declared a mistrial Tuesday in the case of a North Carolina church minister charged in the beating of a congregant…