South Carolina
Biden praises Black churches and says the world would be a different place without their example
By Zeke Miller — January 29, 2024
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The president is trying to spread the message that he's loyal to South Carolina, which saved his campaign in 2020.
Jill Biden hosts tea for female faith leaders and others, including South Carolina prayer partner
By Darlene Superville — November 14, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) — The first lady said she sought Robin Jackson's help assembling the group “so that I could learn what's on your minds, and what's on your hearts."
South Carolina’s largest UMC church set to leave denomination
By Yonat Shimron — January 9, 2023
(RNS) — Mt. Horeb is one of several large churches in the United Methodist Church that have either voted to leave or are about to.
As states ban abortion, a new spotlight on an old battle over sex education
By Riley Farrell — July 14, 2022
(RNS) — Half of the states set to ban abortion have no mandate that schools teach sex education. Only four require curricula to address contraception.
SC medical ethics law prompts concerns re: LGBTQ health care
By James Pollard — June 22, 2022
(AP) — South Carolina joins several other states that have moved recently to protect 'conscience' objections for medical providers.
I forgive you. Especially you.
By Jeffrey Salkin — September 17, 2021
Why I am a Jew. It is about forgiveness. My Yom Kippur sermon.
Noem to headline GOP event in early-voting South Carolina
By Meg Kinnard — July 23, 2021
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Kristi Noem will speak Aug. 23 at the Faith & Freedom BBQ in Anderson, according to the event’s host, U.S. Rep. Jeff Duncan.
Robert Lesslie, slain doctor, saw ‘Angels in the ER’ and wrote hopeful stories of faith in tragedy
By Bob Smietana — April 9, 2021
(RNS) — The longtime ER doctor and writer said he often saw God at work in tragedy and crisis.
Bernie Sanders makes his pitch at prominent NC black church ahead of Super Tuesday
By Yonat Shimron — February 27, 2020
GOLDSBORO, N.C. (RNS) — The Democratic candidate spoke about how he would help the nation’s poor. But on the critical issue of race, Sanders offered few targeted solutions.
Communion should be personal, not political
By John Gehring — October 31, 2019
(RNS) — Pastors who think they are protecting the faith by denying pro-choice Catholics Communion should remember that Jesus built his movement by instead inviting the sinful and vulnerable to the table.
‘Sheltering wings:’ Charleston memorial plan conveys solace
By Jonathan Drew — July 16, 2018
(AP) — Designs for a memorial to nine black worshippers slain at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, began not at a drafting table, but with discussions with grieving family members about how best to honor those lost in the racist attack. The result will be less of a solemn monument and more of a heavenly embrace to those visiting the historic Charleston church.
Charleston church shooting suspect found competent to stand trial
By Jerome Socolovsky — November 25, 2016
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - Accused white supremacist Dylann Roof is mentally competent to stand trial for the shooting deaths of nine black parishioners at a South Carolina church last year, a federal judge rules.
Jury selection enters final phase in Charleston church shooting
By Jerome Socolovsky — November 7, 2016
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) The final phase of jury selection begins in the U.S. death penalty trial for a white man charged with federal hate crimes after the shooting deaths of nine black parishioners at a historic South Carolina church last year.
Charleston ‘on eggshells’ on eve of two racially charged trials
By RNS staff — October 30, 2016
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) Two South Carolina shootings that rocked the country last year and raised questions about race in America are now headed for trial.
Southern Baptists: ‘Discontinue the display of the Confederate battle flag’
By Adelle M. Banks — June 14, 2016
(RNS) Baptists considered the resolution almost a year after nine people were gunned down at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., by an alleged killer who posed for photos with the rebel flag.
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