Tim Funk
Host at WFAE-FM (Charlotte, NC)
Retired from Charlotte Observer after 35 years. Now write re: politics, religion for The Assembly, etc. And go to lotsa movies at Independent Picture House.
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Oct 21, 2024 |
theassemblync.com | Tim Funk
Michael Whatley’s face didn’t make it onto the poster promoting 2022’s “Salt & Light” conference at a megachurch in Charlotte. That space was reserved for the smiling likenesses of such conservative Christian superstars as U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, Fox News host Trey Gowdy, and North Carolina’s own Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson. But Whatley, then chairman of the state Republican Party, had already caught the eye of an even bigger name.
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Jun 24, 2024 |
forward.com | Tim Funk
"Dates like December 7, 1941, and September 11, 2001, are etched in our minds forever as Americans. Now, October 7, 2023, will forever be indelibly marked in the hearts of Israelis," he wrote, ending with, "We stand with Israel." This was personal for Stein: He's a member of Temple Beth Or, a Reform Jewish congregation in Raleigh, and would be the first Jewish person elected governor of North Carolina if he wins in November.
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Jan 3, 2024 |
theassemblync.com | Tim Funk
In late 2018 and early 2019, Mark Harris was an almost-congressman from North Carolina. Harris had walked away from pastoring his Charlotte megachurch to pursue a dream of serving in the U.S. House. He knocked off an incumbent in the GOP primary, and then appeared to beat his Democratic opponent, Dan McCready, by 905 votes out of more than 275,000 cast.
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Oct 4, 2023 |
newsobserver.com | Tim Funk
Editor's note: U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry became interim House Speaker when Kevin McCarthy was ousted on Tuesday. McHenry was the youngest member of Congress, just 29, when he took office in 2005. Then-Charlotte Observer correspondent Tim Funk chronicled McHenry's early days in Congress in this story published on Feb. 20, 2005.
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Jul 25, 2023 |
ourstate.com | Tim Funk |Chloe Klingstedt |Karen Langley Martin
Every August, they come, young and old, from near and far, for two weeks of Christian worship and front-porch fellowship. Their destination: Rock Spring Campground, 26 miles up the road from Charlotte in the Lincoln County community of Denver. It’s the oldest continuing camp meeting in North Carolina and, some say, in the country.
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