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Michael Hahn talks with the Rev. Ed McKinney, not shown, pastor of Stokesdale United Methodist Church, in Stokesdale, N.C., Monday, May 15, 2023. Hahn, whose family has been Methodist for generations, said he couldn’t imagine leaving the denomination, which he values for blending faith and rationality: “It’s a place where I don’t have to check my logic and reason at the door and blindly accept things.” (AP Photo/Chuck Burton) NCCB602 NCCB602

May 23, 2023 at 7:25 am

Worshippers switching congregations amid United Methodist split over LGBTQ issues VIEW

United Methodist congregations are voting to stay or quit one of the nation’s largest denominations amid intractable debates over the role of LGBTQ people.

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April 2, 2023 at 5:16 am

Pastors: Palm Sunday a balm after Nashville school shooting VIEW

It’s Palm Sunday.

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March 31, 2023 at 2:15 pm

Mourners gather for 1st Nashville school shooting funeral VIEW

Family and friends of Evelyn Dieckhaus, one of three children who were killed in a school shooting in Nashville this week, remembered her as a...

March 29, 2023 at 11:12 am

Children lost in shooting were ‘feisty,’ a ‘shining light’ VIEW

Details from the rich, full lives of the three adults killed Monday at a Nashville elementary school have quickly emerged.

March 28, 2023 at 10:08 pm

Nashville shooting highlights security at private schools

Around the U.S., private schools generally do not face as many requirements as public schools for developing security plans.

A make shift memorial is seen at the entry to Covenant School with a police car guarding, on Tuesday, March 28, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. The former student who shot through the doors of the Christian elementary school and killed three children and three adults had drawn a detailed map of the school. (AP Photo/John Amis) TNJA101 TNJA101

March 28, 2023 at 7:49 am

Head of Nashville school in shooting would ‘run to’ danger VIEW

The head of the Christian elementary school in Nashville who was killed in a shooting there on Monday was described by friends as someone who...

Children from The Covenant School, a private Christian school in Nashville, Tenn., hold hands as they are taken to a reunification site at the Woodmont Baptist Church after a shooting at their school, on Monday March, 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Jonathan Mattise) TNJM103 TNJM103

March 27, 2023 at 9:15 am

Nashville shooter who killed 6 drew maps, surveilled school WATCH

A person carrying two "assault-style" rifles and a pistol shot and killed three children and three adults at a private Christian school in Nashville on...

February 9, 2023 at 8:36 am

Super Bowl ads will tout Jesus ‘gets us’ to the masses VIEW

On Super Bowl Sunday, advertising’s biggest night, religion rarely makes an appearance among the much buzzed about beer and fast-food commercials.

December 29, 2022 at 6:09 am

‘Not just the ramp.’ Worship spaces need more accessibility VIEW

Many U.S. houses of worship have accessibility limitations.

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Senior Rabbi Seth Adelson sits for a portrait in his office at Congregation Beth Shalom in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski) NYJW102 NYJW102

December 8, 2022 at 7:10 am

Jewish Americans confront antisemitism with resolve, worry

Anxiety has intensified as anti-Jewish vitriol abounds on social media, embraced by some widely followed celebrities.

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