Frank Lockwood

2 weeks ago | arkansasonline.com | Frank Lockwood

Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. Christopher Elser, a gifted athlete who once made the Arkansas Razorbacks' spring football roster, is playing in a higher league now. Saturday, the former all-state high school kicker was ordained as a deacon in the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church during a service at his hometown parish, Christ the King Church in Little Rock.

2 weeks ago | arkansasonline.com | Frank Lockwood

Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. The cars ministry at the Church of Rock Creek performs charitable works year round, but its car show is a once-a-year extravaganza. On May 31, automobile enthusiasts are invited to start their engines and drive over to the congregation's parking lot at 11500 West 36th Street, west of Interstate 430, roughly 10 miles southwest of downtown Little Rock.

2 weeks ago | arkansasonline.com | Frank Lockwood

Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. In the pre-internet era, lonely people placed personal ads in hopes of finding true love. Linda South used the classified ads section to recruit potential churchgoers -- and it worked. The Church at Burns Park, birthed in the want ads, will celebrate its 50th anniversary on June 1. South and her husband, Tom, two of the charter members, still worship at the North Little Rock locale on Sundays.

2 weeks ago | arkansasonline.com | Frank Lockwood

Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. A global church that traces its roots to Mormon prophet Joseph Smith is poised to select a woman to lead it next weekend. Delegates at Community of Christ's world conference in Independence, Mo., will be asked to confirm Stassi D. Cramm's call to serve as the body's ninth prophet-president. The eighth prophet-president, Stephen M. Veazey, announced his resignation plans in 2023. He had served since 2005.

2 weeks ago | arkansasonline.com | Frank Lockwood

Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. Reagan Danielle Gray, a former middle school teacher and Immanuel Baptist Church praise team member, pleaded no contest Monday to second-degree sexual assault involving one of the congregation's minors. Originally charged with first-degree sexual assault, she accepted a plea agreement reducing the count and dismissing a separate count of fourth-degree sexual assault.