Posts tagged Dallas
Crossroads Podcast: Dallas Super Pastors Behaving Badly

Anyone who has been paying attention to religion news has heard of the “Nones” — the “religiously unaffiliated” people who have little or no connection to any form of institutional religion. Then there are “Nons,” the term that religion-data expert Ryan Burge has pinned on the other big trend (“The Future of American Christianity is Non-Denominational”) that is reshaping the religion marketplace.

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Fire Destroys Part Of Historic Sanctuary At First Baptist Dallas

The historic sanctuary of Dallas First Baptist Church was largely destroyed on Friday night after a four-alarm fire engulfed the building. Investigators believe the fire may have started in the church’s basement. The cause and origin of the catastrophic fire will be investigated after the building is considered structurally safe.

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Sermons On Hate Still Resonate 60 Years After JFK’s Assassination

On the 60th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s death, a leading scholar on faith and politics sees lessons for Americans today. “One overarching theme emerges again and again: A call for civility, a call for condemnation of extremism and a call to end the divisions and polarizations,” said Matthew Wilson, director of Southern Methodist University’s Center for Faith and Learning.

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Texas church partners with Jeep club to shelter elderly during winter storm

Volunteers with the North Texas Jeep Club are partnering with OpenDoor Church in the Dallas-Forth Worth metroplex to provide transportation, food and shelter to the elderly as Texas faces widespread power outages.

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