
Students in a career-orientation class at Flippin Middle School filled out a survey that included questions asking them if they believed "in a God who answers prayers" and whether they should tithe 10 percent of their earnings to churches.

A new study suggests that American social conservatives are growing more wary of church involvement in politics.

Centennial Missionary Baptist Church in Helena-West Helena is one of the oldest, standing structures in the Arkansas Delta. Now, its members want to restore its past glory for future generations.

Centennial Missionary Baptist Church in Helena-West Helena is one of the oldest, standing structures in the Arkansas Delta. Now, its members want to restore its past glory for future generations.

At least it wasn't during the sermon. Fort Smith police say they've arrested a 19-year-old man for sneaking into an unlocked church on two different occasions and sleeping inside.
BEIJING (AP) -- Four American Christians who had more than 300 Bibles confiscated by Chinese customs officials say they got them back when they returned to the airport Wednesday to leave the country.
ROME (AP) -- The Beijing bishop appointed by China's state-controlled Catholic Church says relations with the Vatican are improving and he hopes Pope Benedict will visit his country.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Actor Kirk Cameron, who starred in the "Left Behind" movies, says he's more excited about the upcoming film "Fireproof," in which he plays a firefighter whose marriage is going up in flames.
ABBOTSFORD, British Columbia (AP) -- Todd Bentley, whose raucous revival alarmed even fellow Pentecostals, has resigned from public ministry after acknowledging an "unhealthy relationship on an emotional level" with a female staff member.
ATLANTA (AP) -- The American Civil Liberties Union has urged a federal appeals panel to block a suburban Atlanta county from allowing clergy to open meetings with Christian prayers, but the judges seemed reluctant to overturn a lower court's ruling upholding the practice.
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