"We, and other members of the Arizona House who cherish our faith and hold the Bible in reverence, do not see Representative Stahl Hamilton's disrespect of scripture as playful in any regard," Reps. Justin Heap, David Marshall and Lupe Diaz wrote in their complaint against Stahl Hamilton last week. (NPR)
Read MoreNashville-based Lifeway Research reported Tuesday (May 9) that the SBC had 13.2 million members in 2022, down from 13.68 million in 2021. That loss of 457,371 members is the largest in more than a century, according to the Annual Church Profile compiled by Lifeway. (Smietana, Religion News Service)
Read MoreMr. Richardson and Mr. Cho are innovators in the crowded landscape of creative marketing, and consider themselves family as they “navigate the invisible handcuffs of corporate rule,” as Mr. Richardson put it. (Baek, The New York Times)
Read MoreThe 2026 General Conference would focus on re-establishing connection within the United Methodist Church, lamenting, healing and recasting the mission and vision for the mainline denomination after years of strife over the ordination and marriage of its LGBTQ members, according to a press release published Monday (May 8) on the Council of Bishops’ website. (Miller, Religion News Service)
Read MoreMr Mehdad's lawyer had insisted that he was innocent and his sentence unjust. A rights group called their executions "a cruel act by a medieval regime". There has been a surge in executions in the Islamic Republic amid continuing anti-government unrest, but those for blasphemy convictions are rare. (Gritten, BBC News)
Read MoreToday, with breakthrough piled on breakthrough, the potential of AI has never seemed greater, nor its impact more real. But accompanying excitement among AI’s elite researchers is a terror of unleashing a devilish genie which can never be returned to the bottle. (Quetteville, The Telegraph)
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