Tag: Texas
Some expect decreased in-person attendance to be permanent.
Pandemic prompts churches to consider permanent changes
HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 4, 2020 (BP) – Every church has adjusted some aspects of ministry since the onset of the COVID-19 global pandemic. But even as the effects of COVID-19Read More
News of Powell’s death was shared on social media by Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission.
Texas church planter John Powell killed in accident
by: Bob Smietana July 19, 2020 (RNS) — John Powell, a church planter and pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church in New Caney, Texas, was killed in a highway accident SaturdayRead More
t’s against this Islamophobic backdrop that we need to examine Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's decision to opt out of the United States refugee resettlement program...
Opinion: Texas’ misguided decision on refugees is state-sponsored Islamophobia
by: Paul O’Donnell Jan. 15, 2020 (RNS) — Texas always seems to lead the way in hate — quite literally: we account for 10% of the country’s hate groups, manyRead More
The FAA launched the investigation at the request of religious liberty advocate First Liberty Institute...
TX sues San Antonio for Chick-fil-A decision docs
by Diana ChandlerAUSTIN, Texas, June 04, 2019 (BP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the San Antonio City Council yesterday (June 3) for public records involved in the council’sRead More
Senate Bill 1978 is designed to prevent discrimination based on a person's religious beliefs and conscience...
‘Save Chick-fil-A’ bill headed to TX gov.’s desk
by Diana Chandler AUSTIN, Texas, May 24, 2019 (BP) — A religious freedom initiative dubbed the “Save Chick-fil-A bill” jumped its last hurdle in the Texas Legislature late yesterday (MayRead More
“The Our Lady of Guadalupe Church was really where my story started on the west side of the city,” Castro told Religion News Service...
Julián Castro opens his presidential bid with a Catholicism aimed at Latino vote
By: Jack Jenkins, Feb. 14, 2019 WASHINGTON (RNS) — As Julián Castro officially launched his candidacy for president over the past few weeks, he invoked a certain female figure so frequentlyRead More
