Talking about gun violence can be tricky in church settings, where the topic may be viewed as too political or too controversial. But a Jan. 14 webinar in the “Standing Our Holy Ground” series may make it easier for congregations and other people of faith to have those conversations.
Firearms will not be permitted in buildings or on property of any Episcopal church anywhere in the state of Georgia, bishops of the two Georgia dioceses have said.
Dozens of the nation’s faith leaders said Jan. 15 that they’re ready to take on the gun lobby and demanded that politicians take quick and concrete steps to stem gun violence.
As bells tolled across the country Dec. 21 in memory of lives lost in Newtown, Conn., religious leaders gathered outside the Washington National Cathedral to push congregants and Congress to prevent further gun violence.
As the children of Sandy Hook Elementary School returned to class on Jan. 3 for the first time since last month’s deadly shooting spree, they and their parents were greeted by police escorts, support counselors, teachers — and a team of four-legged pastors called “comfort dogs.”
The head of the Family Research Council Aug. 16 accused the Southern Poverty Law Center of sparking hatred that led accused gunman Floyd Lee Corkins II to shoot a security guard at the conservative Christian lobbying group’s headquarters.
Law enforcement authorities don't know why suspected gunman Wade Michael Page burst into a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis., Aug. 5 and opened fire, killing six before he was shot dead by the police.
A broad spectrum of U.S. religious groups — Christian, Jewish and Muslim — are condemning killings at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin that authorities described as an act of “domestic terrorism.”
The way Rev. Jonathan Wilkins sees it, members of his Baptist church in Thomaston, Ga., should have the right to carry guns into worship services to protect the congregation.