Religion & Faith

The Horizon Texas Conference sued Highland Park United Methodist Church, after it says the church failed to make changes.

Campaigning for the U.S. Senate, Paxton says he was “delivered by God” to protect Texas from leftists. Talarico’s focus: “You can’t love God and hate other people.”

The lawsuit, which claimed Gateway Church mishandled millions of dollars in church donations, was dismissed last month. The former church members who filed the suit are asking that decision to be appealed, according to a July 17 court filing.

Frisco is getting a new mosque, Hindu temple and Jain temple — and many immigrants say that's led to new hostility from some of their neighbors.

A Texas Monthly writer has been investigating sexual abuse allegations in the Southern Baptist Convention for almost ten years.

Organizers and local leaders say other private religious events have been held at publicly owned venues without issue — and that the canceled event at Epic Waters in Grand Prairie was targeted by politicians.

Judge David Ezra wrote in an order Wednesday that religious bias played a role in the former head of the Texas Funeral Service Commission's oversight of an investigation into the East Plano Islamic Center.

The State Board of Education on Friday approved a new reading list that includes numerous Bible passages, and a social studies curriculum that emphasizes U.S. and Texas history over world cultures. Approved changes start taking effect in 2030.

The Texas board of education is set to vote on a required reading list for more than 5 million public school students that includes stories and passages from the Bible. Texas has been at the forefront of conservative efforts to incorporate religion into schools.

Nearly 500 people signed up to testify in a hearing that at several points turned contentious as the State Board of Education will vote on incorporating more Christian stories into public classrooms.

Faced with anti-Israel and even anti-Jewish sentiment by party activists, and by an increasing number of political candidates, many Jewish voters are facing uncomfortable choices as they cast their ballots this year.

The Republican-majority State Board of Education is scheduled to vote this week on adopting curriculum changes statewide. Critics say the new social studies lessons and reading lists over-emphasize Christianity.