LDS Church raises requirements for Mormon seminary
SALT LAKE CITY - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is raising the bar for high school students enrolled in seminary, adding tests and reading requirements to a program that previously...
View ArticleJoplin church to hold senior bible study
JOPLIN, Missouri - Children have been going to vacation Bible school for 120 years. Now, it's their grandparents' turn. That is the thinking of one Joplin congregation.
View ArticleAtheist group: Miss. school aided Bible giveaway
JACKSON, Mississippi - An atheist group says it objects to a Mississippi principal telling fifth-grade teachers to take students through a public school lobby where Gideons were handing out Bibles.
View ArticlePortales church group helps save an injured man
PORTALES, New Mexico - A Bible study group in Portales is being credited with helping rescue a man pinned under a pickup truck.
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Married Jesus? New book adds fuel to conspiracies
LONDON - A researcher who has attracted attention and criticism with his revisionist Biblical theories says he has found new evidence that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene and that early Christians...
View ArticleBibles in Idaho's swearing-in ceremonies have deep meaning
BOISE, Idaho - When Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter and other constitutional officers were sworn into office Friday, they used Bibles that not only had deep personal meaning but also triggered reminders of...
View ArticleAP NewsBreak: Bible colleges sue for right to issue degrees
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois - Bible colleges in Illinois have filed a federal lawsuit against state education regulators, seeking the unencumbered right to award degrees to students who complete their programs.
View ArticleGeorgia deputy says Bible study prompted firing
GAINESVILLE, Georgia - A former deputy says he was fired from his job at the Hall County Jail for ministering to former inmates.
View Article2 convicted in sex assaults of mentally disabled woman
ELIZABETH, New Jersey - Two New Jersey men have been convicted of sexually assaulting a mentally disabled woman after luring her to a home under the pretense of participating in Bible study, then...
View ArticleBible distribution at Oklahoma schools leads to complaint
OKLAHOMA CITY - A group that advocates keeping religion out of public schools has sent complaint letters after reports of bibles being distributed in several Oklahoma cities.
View ArticleNC NAACP president to lead Bible study on love, justice
RALEIGH, North Carolina - The president of the state chapter of the NAACP is holding a Bible study about love and justice to commemorate the deaths of nine people shot to death at a church in...
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EXCHANGE: All faiths welcome at synagogue's Torah study
JOLIET, Illinois - Which of the 10 Commandments is most important to you?
View ArticleIdaho Senate approves measure permitting Bible in schools
BOISE, Idaho - The Idaho Senate on Monday approved legislation to "expressly permit" using the Bible for academic study in public schools, even though state law already permits using the Bible for...
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In Israel, new generation of ultra-Orthodox Jews integrating
JERUSALEM - A quiet revolution is arising inside the insular world of Israel's ultra-Orthodox Jewish community - chipping away at the ghetto walls its leaders have erected to protect against what they...
View ArticleSatanic book, Bible sex tracts provided in Colorado schools
DENVER - It sounds like an April Fool's joke, but it's not.
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1920s time capsule opened at Muscatine elementary school
MUSCATINE, Iowa - A time capsule tucked inside a cornerstone of a Muscatine elementary school has been opened after nearly 90 years.
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Chinese province orders religion out of school
BEIJING - A heavily Muslim Chinese province has demanded strict adherence to a ban on religion in schools after a video circulated online in which a kindergartener recites verses from the Quran.
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