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United Methodist General Conference 2024: ‘Regionalization’ may curb world influence on US church rules
The United Methodist Church, while declining for decades in its American version, has been growing exponentially in Africa.
Passover 2024: What is the meaning of the Jewish festival?
A highlight is gathering for a ritual meal called the Seder, usually held in homes on the first and second nights of Passover.
United Methodist General Conference Alabama delegates: Removing anti-LGBTQ language top priority
The North Alabama Conference has proposed removing language harmful to gays and lesbians.
Big Boi of Outkast joins Birmingham Pastor Mike Jr. on new album
The two combine voices and profess their faith on the new song, "He Got Me."
What is the Global Methodist Church? Splinter group formed as United Methodist split continues
The Global Methodist Church has attracted more than half the departures and now claims about 4,500 member churches.
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Dennis Covington, Birmingham-born author of ‘Salvation on Sand Mountain,’ dead at 75
The 1995 finalist for the National Book Award was diagnosed with Lewy Body Dementia in 2020.
Alabama Supreme Court denies United Methodist request to dismiss lawsuit: Dothan megachurch says it owes no money
Harvest Church in Dothan voted to leave the United Methodist Church and declined to pay a settlement like other departing churches.
Empty cathedral: Birmingham fights to reclaim $500,000, land where abandoned church sits
Ten years have passed since the city traded the land to Trinity CME Church, hoping it would become a key piece of downtown vitality.
Beloved Birmingham pastor who rebuilt church destroyed by 2011 tornado retires after 42 years
The Rev. Tommy L. Lewis, pastor of Bethel Baptist Church of Pratt City since 1982, helped organize tornado relief efforts.
MLK’s ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’ will be read aloud at Civil Rights Institute
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King wrote his letter on April 16, 1963.
Alabama priest to stand trial for allegedly raping a child at a New Hampshire Boy Scout camp in 1976
Richard R. Losch, 90, a former rector of St. James Episcopal Church in Livingston, was indicted by a New Hampshire grand jury in 2023.
The long, slow death of Birmingham-Southern: What killed an Alabama college with 168-year-old roots?
The college was struggling for survival for decades and it’s not clear a $30 million loan would have done more than delay its demise.