"This is a call to be a missionary Church, not a country club," said Archbishop Hicks. "A club exists to serve its members. The Church exists, on the other hand, to go out and serve all people, on ...

On Jan. 28, 2026, Bruce Springsteen released “Streets of Minneapolis,” a hard-hitting protest against the immigration enforcement surge in the city, including the killings of Renee Good and Alex ...

At the Apostolic Christian Home of Roanoke last week, residents got geared up for Valentine's Day with crafting activities and enjoyed singing by the Apostolic Christian Church Young Group.

Songwriters living in ancient Egypt would never have expected the words and melodies they sang would feature on Australian music charts 1,800 years later. But one Australian academic's obsession with ...

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Last December, Jessica Lussenhop, a reporter with ProPublica, received a tip about child sexual abuse within the Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community in Duluth. Days earlier, Clint Massie, who ...

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Researchers have rediscovered a long-lost Babylonian hymn from 1000 BCE, using artificial intelligence to piece together fragments scattered across the world. The hymn glorifies ancient Babylon’s ...

It's one of the most distinctive sounds in country and bluegrass music. You can hear it in the singing of Patty Loveless, Keith Whitley and Ricky Skaggs. The way these Appalachian-born singers bend ...