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An assault and kidnapping case against a leader of a secretive North Carolina religious group appears to be finally returning to the courtroom more than nine years after her first trial ended without a verdict.
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The Salem Media Group co-founder Stuart Epperson Sr. has died. He was from Ararat, Virginia, and later lived in Winston-Salem. He was 86 years old.…
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Internationally known spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar will speak in Winston-Salem Thursday. Shankar will present his event “The Sixth Sense:…
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Thousands of United Methodist congregations have been voting on whether to stay or quit one of the nation’s largest denominations amid intractable debates over theology and the role of LGBTQ people. There are stark differences over recognizing same-sex marriage and ordaining LGBTQ clergy. More than 400 congregations have disaffiliated in North Carolina.
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Boone police are investigating an antisemitic act at a Jewish temple on the outskirts of downtown. Police say someone was at the Temple of the High…
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College Park Baptist Church found itself in the news last week when the Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee voted to remove it from its rolls because of its “open affirmation, approval and endorsement of homosexual behavior." That action came 23 years after the congregation itself voted to leave the SBC, but according to the Executive Committee, it had remained on its rolls until now.
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The Southern Baptist Convention's top administrative body voted to cut ties with two congregations on Tuesday — an LGBTQ-friendly church in Greensboro, North Carolina, that had itself quit the denomination decades ago and a New Jersey congregation it cited for “alleged discriminatory behavior.”
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Members of Wake Forest Baptist Church have voted to dissolve following years of declining and aging membership, limited financial resources, and a new…
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Nearly 20 teenagers from Early College in Winston-Salem gather at small tables with their bagels, coffee, and juice. There's anticipation in the air. This…