Religion - The Decatur Daily - Decatur, Alabama

66°

Partly Cloudy

Decatur, Ala. | Monday, May 21, 2012

Religion

Featured Most recent Most read Most commented

294 results total, viewing 1 - 10

Christian singers bring music, faith to Decatur

Lance Gilbreath, relaxing in a folding chair beside his 2-year-old, blonde-headed daughter, Ayden, looked like any other Christian music fan as the clock ticked down Friday evening for the start of … more

By Ronnie Thomas | 5/19/12 | 872 views

Gospel Outbreak talent show planned May 26

Take “America’s Got Talent” and add a dash of “Sunday Best” to get the Gospel Outbreak talent show. Headed by Gary and Sharone Balentine, … more

By Catherine Godbey | 5/18/12 | 238 views

Bishop to visit First Methodist

The Rev. William Willimon, bishop of the United Methodist North Alabama Conference, will speak at First United Methodist Church on Sunday at 11 a.m. After eight years leading North Alabama’s … more

By Catherine Godbey | 5/18/12 | 282 views

Romney faces the Moral Majority

When the Rev. Jerry Falwell founded the Moral Majority in 1979, many fundamentalist pastors were appalled by his decision to wade into the muck of politics. Even more shocking, Falwell said this … more

5/18/12 | 188 views | 1 comment

Religion calendar

Special events Rodeo, Saturday, 7 p.m., Sheriff’s Posse Grounds, Vest Road, Hartselle. Concessions, children’s activities. Free. Sponsored by the Cowboy Church of Falkville. Homecoming, … more

5/18/12 | 129 views

Faith’s slow retreat into irrelevance

In 1981, Langdon Gilkey, professor of theology at the University of Chicago Divinity School, found himself embroiled in a church/state battle in Arkansas that would eventually be known as McLean vs. … more

5/18/12 | 211 views | 3 comments

Luminate to ignite SoulStock

Gates to SoulStock 2012: Our Hope Secured will open at 5:30 p.m. tonight with performances by Lindsay McCaul, Caleb and five-time Grammy Award winner Steven Curtis Chapman. Bands will return to … more

By Catherine Godbey | 5/18/12 | 198 views

Teaching a person to fish

When I was about 4, my grandfather took me fishing. He had a secret fishing hole that was a backwater off Murder Creek in East Brewton. Remind me to tell you the story sometime of how Murder Creek … more

5/11/12 | 292 views

SoulStock

The bands are booked and the schedule is inked. Now, it’s time to stock some souls with God. SoulStock 2012: Our Hope Secured — for the first time a two-day affair — will feature … more

By Catherine Godbey | 5/11/12 | 388 views

First Baptist members plan to dance their shoes off

From staff reports More than 250 people of all ages from First Baptist Church in Decatur will literally dance their shoes off for a cause Wednesday. A flash mob will converge on Rhodes Ferry … more

From staff reports | 5/11/12 | 387 views