At Friday’s Jumah – the main weekly Muslim service – Imam M.A. Azeez told his 1,000 congregants at the Salam Islamic Center in Sacramento that “everything that ISIS stands for is the antithesis of Islamic teaching.”
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Local Muslims condemn ISIS
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Sacramento’s new Sunday Assembly chapter offers ‘church’ for the nonreligious
Atheist church launches in Sacramento on Sunday.
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Correction: Mormon Women-Priesthood story
In a story Oct. 5 about Mormon women attending an all-male church meeting, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of one attendee. She is Cally Stephens-Nielson, not Stephens Nielson.
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Sacramento’s Bethany Presbyterian celebrates 100 years of survival and service
Now, 100 years after founding, Bethany Presbyterian Church is counting its blessings and looking ahead.
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Steeple without bottom bell tower is lifted for placement on community hall at new site. The bell tower was placed upon the moved church.
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Crane removes steeple from Bethany Church at 2nd Avenue and 30th Street in Oak Park in 1955 for move to new site about 2.5 miles away at 24th Street and Fruitridge Road.
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Church moves slowly down the road to new site, minus steeple.
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Supervisors delay decision on homeless shelters
As local church leaders raise funds to house homeless people this winter, Sacramento County supervisors backed off from a proposal Tuesday that would have restricted shelters operated by religious organizations.
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Reverend Rick Cole beds down for the night and pitches a tent at a location that he had sought shelter at for a couple of nights. Cole is posing as one of Sacramento's homeless individuals to help draw attention to homelessness in the region and raise $300,000 for winter shelters this coming season. The reverend will seek shelter in the streets, discover alternative ways to earn money, and take in meals at homeless shelters such as Loaves and Fishes.
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Former Bradshaw Christian School aide convicted of molestation charge
An instructional aide at a Christian School in south Sacramento County has been found guilty in a child molestation case.
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Living on the street, a pastor connects with Sacramento’s homeless, raises money and learns about himself
Megachurch pastor Rick Cole lives as a homeless person to draw attention to the issue and raise $100,000 for winter shelter.
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Rev. Rick Cole squeezes through a tight opening after a night's sleep in an alleyway where he had sought shelter for a couple of nights. Cole is drawing attention to the cause for Sacramento’s homeless population by living on the streets until $300,000 is raised for winter shelters this coming season.
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Rev. Rick Cole, pastor of the giant Capital Christian Center, walks to 24-Hour Fitness for a shower on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014 in downtown Sacramento, Calif. Cole is drawing attention to the cause for Sacramento’s homeless population by living on the streets until $300,000 is raised for winter shelters this coming season.
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Rev. Rick Cole speaks to Kenney "GJ" Johnson, a homeless man in Sacramento, Calif. at Caesar Chavez Park on Wednesday Oct. 1, 2014. The two discussed good locations to bed down and homeless shelters in downtown Sacramento.
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Upon arriving to an alleyway where he had sought shelter for a couple of nights, Rev. Rick Cole, Papa Roach’s lead singer Jacoby Shaddix, and their companions discover the location already occupied by another person. After deliberation, the group decided to offer the woman a spot in a nearby motel. The woman was told to meet at the motel, but never arrived.
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‘Homeless’ pastor Rick Cole goes home to Capital Christian church
The Rev. Rick Cole returned to the 4,000-member Capital Christian Center stage Saturday after spending two weeks living as a homeless man on the streets of Sacramento and helping to raise more than $144,000 for the area’s Winter Sanctuary program.
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The Rev. Rick Cole of Capital Christian Center ends his two-week-long journey to bring awareness to homelessness in Sacramento on Saturday. Cole’s website showed that his effort had raised more than $144,000 toward the $300,000 needed to fund a winter shelter program.
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The Rev. Rick Cole speaks at a Saturday night service at Capital Christian Center and reflects on his experience with homelessness.
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The Rev. Rick Cole rides light rail back to Capital Christian Center on Saturday, at the end of his two-week-long journey to bring awareness to homelessness in Sacramento. “I’ve begun to see the value in every person,” he said in his sermon.
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