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Leaders in Dane County’s predominantly black congregations are seeking more involvement in education, law enforcement and the upbringing of black children, a group of clergy from the African American Council of Churches said Wednesday.Read more of this story:
VERONA, Wis. -A lost wedding ring was found underneath the gutters of Verona’s old Wildcat Lanes by a volunteer cleaning up what is now the Sugar River United Methodist Church. The ring belonged to Justin Blair and had been missing for eight years.
In light of the grand jury decision handed down tonight in in the wake of Michael Brown’s death in Ferguson, MO, I think it is of utmost importance that all Christians, but specifically white evangelicals, talk a little less and listen a little more. Or, put another way, maybe some need to spend less time insisting that African Americans shouldn’t be upset and spend more time asking why some are.
I don’t begrudge Bishop Robert Morlino speaking his mind or his efforts to implement his conservative brand of Catholicism in the Madison Diocese. It’s a religiously free country, after all, and if you don’t like the shepherd, you aren’t obligated to be part of the flock.
A federal appeals court Thursday dismissed a lawsuit by a Madison-based group of atheists and agnostics that sought to end tax-free housing allowances for clergy members. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago said the Freedom From Religion Foundation lacks legal standing to challenge the IRS rule because it has only a general grievance against the rule and has not suffered a personal injury due to it.
The Ebola crisis gripping West Africa is a deeply personal and tragic one for the Rev. Julius Brent, pastor of Hope in Christ Assembly in Madison. Three weeks ago, his youngest brother, an ambulance driver in the Liberian capitol of Monrovia, died of the disease. He was in his late 20s.
Lighthouse Church, under the leadership of Marcio and Tia Sierra, serves low to medium income Latino families in Dane County, Wisconsin. Lighthouse currently operates a bi-lingual pre-school program for 2, 3, and 4 year olds at their west Madison Location. They also provide free counseling for parents when needed. They are NAEYC Accredited and have earned a 5- Star rating from Youngstar, Wisconsin’s Child Care Rating Program, the highest rating possible. Not surprisingly, the Lighthouse Child Care program is in great demand and they have a waiting list. To meet this demand, Lighthouse is expanding their services to include infants…
Fitchburg is a growing city with more ethnic, economic and religious diversity than most of Wisconsin. Rather than allowing these perceived differences to divide the community, an unlikely pairing of faith leaders and city officials created a dialogue that has taken on a life of its own. From initiating the Good Neighbors Personal Essentials Pantry and coordinating volunteer efforts at the senior center and area schools to acting as a support system during times of crisis, groups that were once simply discussing issues faced by the community are now creating relationships, branching off and finding solutions. “The (Fitchburg Faith Network…
Middle school: the phase between being a cute kid and a proper teenager, where physical and emotional changes take hold and social pressures abound. That complex phase is exactly where Nehemiah’s new BROTHER program is planning to intervene, filling the gap between its elementary and high school programs with mentoring for African-American males.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP) — Trustees of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary unanimously accepted the gift of a Christian university campus in Wisconsin as a new extension campus of the seminary and its undergraduate Boyce College during their Oct. 13-14 fall meeting in Louisville, Ky. The gifting of Northland International University, an evangelical school in Dunbar, Wis., to Southern Seminary has been approved by Northland’s trustees effective Aug. 1, 2015.