Oklahoma House passes ultrasound anti-abortion bill The Oklahoma House has overwhelmingly passed legislation to require women who are considering an abortion to first undergo an ultrasound. Read more on Tulsa World
Atheist group offering porn-for-scripture swap Associated Press – March 2, 2010 6:25 PM ET SAN ANTONIO (AP) – A group of atheist students at the University of Texas at San Antonio offers is swapping pornography for religious texts other… Read more on KSWO Lawton-Wichita Falls
First Baptist Church buys former Gridworks building ELGIN- Representatives of the First Baptist Church placed the top bid to purchase the former Gridworks building on the west end of town after a crowd of 25 people gathered for the real estate auction last Thursday morning. Read more on Newspapers of Fayette County
Zimbabwe : Constitution-Making and the Moral Compass Harare — THIS is the first of a two-part series in which BISHOP TREVOR E. C. MANHANGA, presiding Bishop of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Zimbabwe, writing in his personal capacity, looks at the role of religion in the constitution-making process and why the exercise should be owned and [...]
Local nurse talks of Haiti experience (Editor’s note: This is part one in a two-part series about a Beaufort County Medical Center nurse’s mission of mercy to Haiti.) Read more on Washington Daily News
‘Amazing’ York County native dies at 109 Pearl Elfner excitedly prepared to host her son s birthday party, even enlisting the help of a house cleaning crew to make sure everything was perfect. Read more on The York Dispatch
Claiborne calls Christians to care for least of these Rather than arm himself with a megaphone or a radio or TV station for that matter Shane Claiborne lets his life speak for itself Read more on Christian Today
Man carries cross in ‘prayer walk’ Joshua Sarhan of Fayetteville was seen walking from Arkansas 365 onto Maumelle Boulevard with a large wooden cross draped on his shoulder during the noon hour Monday. Read more on Maumelle Monitor
CP fits with church’s ‘full discipleship’ DILLWYN, Va. (BP)–Outreach and missions evidently were important when Bethlehem Baptist Church was organized in 1881 under a brush arbor in rural central Virginia: Jordan Taylor, who gave the land for the then-new church, was 99 when he was baptized in the waters of the nearby Troublesome Creek. Read [...]
On Your Side: CFA helps solve DirecTV billing issue A woman usually pays for her satellite service by money order. But what she paid wasn’t credited to her account, so 12 On Your Side and Call For Action stepped in to help. Read more on News 12 Augusta