As Southern Nevada clergy take to the pulpit this weekend, they’ll face congregants for whom the initial shock of the shootings Sunday at the Route 91 Harvest Festival is beginning to move into its next stage.
Religion
Mormon President Thomas S. Monson, 90, won’t attend this weekend’s church conference because of deteriorating health — marking the first time in more than a half century that the longtime church leader won’t deliver spiritual guidance at the important twice-yearly event.
Actor Steve McQueen, who personified cool during his nearly two decades as a Hollywood superstar, retreated from the glamor and excesses of the movie scene late in his short life and embraced Christianity.
Longtime organist at the Guardian Angel Cathedral and the man known to many as the “Chip Monk,” Arthur Nelson died last month at age 86.
The share of Americans who identify as white and Christian has dropped below 50 percent, a transformation fueled by immigration and by growing numbers of people who reject organized religion altogether, according to a new survey released Wednesday.
At the start of hajj Wednesday, pilgrims began circling the cube-shaped Kaaba in Mecca and carrying out rites believed to trace the footsteps of the prophets Ibrahim and Ismail — Abraham and Ishmael in the Bible.
American rabbis critical of President Donald Trump will not try to organize a conference call with him for the Jewish High Holy Days in protest of his response to a white nationalist rally in Virginia.
The Beatles’ transcendent music spoke words of wisdom to hundreds of smiling celebrants on a recent Friday at Henderson’s Congregation Ner Tamid.
Nearly three months after Zion United Methodist Church in North Las Vegas burned for nearly five hours, 60-foot piles of debris have been cleared and members continue to meet nearby.
A Mormon church leader was removed from his post and kicked out of the religion Tuesday for the first time in nearly three decades.
South Summerlin is expanding, and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Las Vegas is trying to keep pace by building a new church.
In November, the Rev. William Miller found out his dog, Wili, had three months to live after cancer had spread through his lymphatic system.
On July 2, the Henderson-area church’s 25,000-square-foot youth facility opened to the public. With backing from Remnant’s Arise and Build fund — donations made by church members and supporters — nine additional classrooms, a billiards room, weight facility, youth sanctuary, cinema and basketball court were added in the past year.
Before the construction of Hamere Noh Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church in southwest Las Vegas, Demelash Assefa’s congregation held services in a rented space on University Road and South Maryland Parkway.
More than 100 people gathered Saturday at the Historic Fifth Street School to pray for Las Vegas’ future. They sang gospel songs, hands uplifted to the ceiling.