Religion - The Durango Herald

A solution for America’s empty churches: A change of faith

Vacant Christian churches become places of worship for others

DATE: Sep 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

First United Methodist Church to host women’s Bible study group

Bible Study Fellowship Group International classes for women will be held at 9 a.m. Thursdays, starting Sept. 12, at First United Methodist Church, 2917 Aspen Drive. Satellite gr...

DATE: Sep 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

First Baptist Church to host men’s Bible study group

Bible Study Fellowship Group International classes for men will be held at 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays, starting Sept. 10, at First Baptist Church of Durango, 332 E. 11th St. This year’s ...

DATE: Sep 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

First United Methodist Church of Durango invites community to join choir

First United Methodist Church of Durango will start choir practices in September under the direction of Ely Cartwright, worship director. People interested in singing with the ch...

DATE: Aug 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Mormon leaders change rules against guns in church

SALT LAKE CITY – Most members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints already knew they were discouraged from taking their guns to church on Sunday, but the church is making sure ...

DATE: Aug 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Java still a no-no for Mormons despite fancy coffee names

SALT LAKE CITY – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has issued a warning to members that coffee is prohibited no matter how fancy the name, that vaping is banned despite the all...

DATE: Aug 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

‘Miracle house’ in Ohio draws pilgrims amid sainthood push

CANTON, Ohio – Late in the summer of 1939, crowds of strangers started showing up at Rhoda Wise’s house next to a city dump in Ohio after she let it be known that miracles were occurring in ...

DATE: Aug 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Tara Mandala to host open house Aug. 31

Tara Mandala will host its last open house for the summer at 9:30 a.m. Aug. 31 at the center, a 25-minute drive outside of Pagosa Springs. Tara Mandala invites the public for a f...

DATE: Aug 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Iconic glass-paned church converted to Catholic cathedral

GARDEN GROVE, Calif. – An iconic glass-paned church in Southern California that once housed a booming televangelist ministry has been transformed into a cathedral to give the region’s Cathol...

DATE: Aug 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

First Southern Baptist Church of Durango to host Old Testament study

First Southern Baptist Church of Durango will begin a detailed study of the Old Testament book first Samuel at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the church’s Fellowship Hall, 1715 West Second Ave. ...

DATE: Aug 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Over 400 sex abuse lawsuits filed as litigation window opens

ALBANY, N.Y. – The Roman Catholic Church, the Boy Scouts, schools and hospitals, the late financier Jeffrey Epstein are some of the targets named in a flurry of sex abuse lawsuits filed Wedn...

DATE: Aug 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion

Barbara Barnes of Durango elected as Catholic Daughters state officer

The Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Court Saints Peter and Paul No. 2669, in Wheat Ridge, was the host for the 47th Biennial Colorado State Convention in June. New state offi...

DATE: Aug 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Religion