Churches tackle some outbreaks, many challenges in pandemic
NEW YORK (AP) — Crowded bars and house parties have been identified as culprits in spreading the coronavirus. Meat packing…
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Mourners bid farewell to Rayshard Brooks at historic church
ATLANTA (AP) — Scores of mourners paid their final respects Tuesday to Rayshard Brooks at the church in Atlanta where…
Black Catholics demand actions, not just words, from church
NEW YORK (AP) — Black Roman Catholics are hearing their church’s leaders calling for racial justice once again after the…
Free masks will help area black churches reopen
HANLEY HILLS (AP) — Bishop Floyd Williams knows that the coronavirus has proven especially lethal for blacks, so his decision…
Keep churches closed, ‘stay home!’ black pastors warn
ST. LOUIS – Black pastors here are telling area churches to keep their doors closed for a while longer despite…
‘Servant of the Lord’ is one-man Sunday service at Arch
ST. LOUIS – On Easter Sunday, Brad will – God willing, he said – be at his post, testifying in…
Churches, nonprofit cure medical debt for 11,108 Missouri families
ST. LOUIS – Millions in medical bill debt for 11,108 Missouri families have been cured by The Deaconess Foundation, area…
Calling on higher power at aldermanic meetings pleases some, ruffles others
CITY HALL – Most of the time, the Rev. John Watson Jr. is co-pastor of the Maple Temple Church of…
St. Mary Magdalen Church celebrates a century of service
SOUTHAMPTON – In the second decade of the 20th century, the city of St. Louis was growing to the southwest.…
Clay trying to step in for immigrant holed up in church
As the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ramps up its operations to deport undocumented people, one man and his family…
Pagans and non-pagans alike celebrate in Tower Grove Park
TOWER GROVE – St. Louisans of all religions, creeds and spiritual practices came out to Tower Grove Park for the…
Jaco: Is it about Christianity or control in Jefferson City?
After 9/11, a new word crept into the American lexicon, thanks to neo-conservatives who were pushing an Iraq invasion and…
Church brings old neighborhood theater back to life
DUTCHTOWN – For seventy years or so, people living around the Melvin Theatre could see the best in movies, from…