Birmingham
In tough times, churches can’t afford to go it alone, new book advises
By Bob Smietana — October 20, 2023
(RNS) — Samford University sociologist Jennifer McClure Haraway looks at the way congregations in Alabama work together — and what congregations around the country can learn from them.
From ‘Nights on Broadway’ to ‘1963’: Candi Staton recalls 16th St. Baptist bombing
By Adelle M. Banks — September 15, 2023
(RNS) — ‘I was thinking about trying to protect my children. And we had to drive right through the worst part of the riots — downtown Birmingham,’ she said.
King’s last full year of life: Protest, praise, ire, incarceration
By Adelle M. Banks — January 13, 2022
(RNS) — King drew criticism from Billy Graham, who told journalists that he thought King was wrong to link anti-war efforts with the civil rights movement.
Frank Barker, founding pastor of Briarwood Presbyterian Church, is dead at 89
By Alejandra Molina — December 28, 2021
(RNS) — Barker, who was senior pastor at Briarwood Presbyterian Church in Birmingham for 39 years, was a key figure in the launching of the conservative Presbyterian Church in America.
Birmingham church, 56 years later, to recall bombing with messages of love, action
By Adelle M. Banks — September 12, 2019
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (RNS) — ‘Our hope is that people will leave inspired, become agents of change as a result of what happened here,’ said the Rev. Arthur Price Jr.
Southern Baptist president says racial insensitivity shows disregard for the gospel
By Adelle M. Banks — June 10, 2019
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (RNS) — 'The gospel teaches us that there’s only one kind of person: human,' said J.D. Greear.
The power of children protesting, from the civil rights movement to the gun violence walkouts
By Martin E. Marty — March 19, 2018
When young people awaken to a cause, many ordinarily passive and apathetic people get roused.
Alabama Senate gives megachurch the right to form its own police force
By Lauren Markoe — April 13, 2017
(RNS) Briarwood Presbyterian Church may be the first church in the country to be allowed to form its own police force, invested with the powers of 'regular' police.
President Obama designates historic civil rights sites including black churches
By Adelle M. Banks — January 13, 2017
(RNS) He cited the role of congregations in three new national historic areas in Alabama and South Carolina.
Prime Minister David Cameron unveils 5-year plan to battle Muslim extremists
By Trevor Grundy — July 20, 2015
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) In a hard-hitting speech to launch a five-year plan to integrate the country’s 2.8 million Muslims into British society, Cameron said there had been a failure to accommodate people of different faiths in several parts of Britain.
You’ll never guess which U.S. cities are most ‘Bible-minded’
By Jonathan Merritt — January 26, 2015
A new study ranking cities according to "Bible mindedness" contains a few surprises. Did your hometown make the list?
English schools investigated for role in Islamist takeover plot
By Trevor Grundy — May 7, 2014
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) Government officials have launched an inquiry into 21 schools in the Birmingham area suspected of being a part of an Islamist plot.
Birmingham church bombing recalled with donation, medal
By Adelle M. Banks — September 10, 2013
WASHINGTON (RNS) Fifty years after a KKK bombing at Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., shook hopes for a colorblind country, the four girls who died are getting their due.
Islamic TV station in England fined for inciting violence
By Trevor Grundy — August 22, 2013
(RNS) One caller to the TV program asked in Urdu what punishment was due for anyone showing disrespect to the Prophet Muhammad. "We are ready, and should be ready at all times, to kill a blasphemer,” was the response.
50 years later, recalling the young ‘foot soldiers’ of the civil rights struggle
By Kim Lawton — May 1, 2013
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (RNS) In May 1963, thousands of Birmingham school children faced police dogs, fire hoses and possible arrest to demonstrate against segregation. Now, 50 years later, those who were part of what became known as "the Children’s March'' say they don’t want their story to be forgotten.
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