by David McCollum | May 20, 2009 | News
Informed of a sale, Ebony’s eyes sparkled like jewels. “Somebody bought my earrings!” she shouted, reflecting a new sense of pride. The earrings on the table at an exhibit in Little Rock at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Assembly of Arkansas...
by David McCollum | Apr 29, 2009 | News
The green movement in many churches is still at the grassroots level, but members of faith communities are applying fertilizer and seeing growth. “It can start at the changing of the light bulb type of level,” said Liza Godwin, the leader of the Green...
by David McCollum | Apr 28, 2009 | News
Environmental organizations, such as the National Wildlife Federation, the Audubon Society and the Sierra Club, are reaching out to churches and faith-based organizations for partnerships on issues of environmental stewardship. Leaders and representatives of a variety...
by David McCollum | Apr 3, 2009 | News
Carolyn Staley sees a parallel between racial relations in church life and the relationship of women in ministry. Staley, the minister of education at Pulaski Heights Baptist Church in Little Rock, Ark., has organized an Arkansas Chapter of Baptist Women in...
by David McCollum | Mar 13, 2009 | News
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—During a recent racial unity worship service at Pulaski Heights Baptist Church, Carolyn Staley was feeling nostalgic about the civil rights movement. An admonition from Steven Arnold, pastor of St. Mark’s Baptist Church, and a glance at the...
