On Sunday, ministers of more than a dozen predominately-white Decatur-area congregations will read a pastoral letter of “confession” for the church’s failure to address systemic racism in the city.

Member of different religious faiths came together Sunday in Decatur to take part in a remembrance of coronavirus victims. People began gathering at First Baptist Church of Decatur in the morning to ...

DECATUR -- When the covid-19 pandemic ramped up in the U.S. in March, it prompted local, state and national officials to essentially close much of the country. Churches were among those hit hard by ...