Las Vegas
Why Vance Pitman, megachurch pastor, resigned as top leader at his Las Vegas church
By Bob Smietana — April 19, 2022
(RNS) — The former megachurch pastor hopes to focus on helping church planters, especially in the American West.
‘Mission accomplished’: How one woman built the mosque of her dreams in Vegas
By Aysha Khan — December 10, 2019
LAS VEGAS (RNS) — Four years after becoming the first woman to build a U.S. mosque, Masjid Ibrahim’s 74-year-old founder says she’s still amazed by the community she has created.
Meet the imam building a ‘Muslim Village’ in the heart of Vegas
By Aysha Khan — October 11, 2019
LAS VEGAS (RNS) — Since 2010, the imam of Las Vegas’ oldest mosque has slowly but surely driven local drug houses and gangs out of his historic neighborhood. Now, he's on a mission to purchase the surrounding properties and transform them into affordable housing.
Two Sundays, two mass shootings: Why do bad things happen to good people?
By Holly Meyer — October 8, 2017
(USA Today) — After a succession of bewildering violence, questions arise: Why does evil exist? Why didn't God intervene?
Terrorism, race, religion: Defining the Las Vegas shooting
By The Associated Press — October 3, 2017
(AP) — The mass shooting in Las Vegas is the deadliest in modern U.S. history, but is it terrorism?
The gospel for gun-loving Christians
By Jonathan Merritt — October 3, 2017
How exactly can someone do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly while carrying a deadly assault rifle? asks David Gringor in a commentary.
Don’t politicize Las Vegas?
By Mark Silk — October 3, 2017
(RNS) — Because talking about gun control at a time like this would be like, well, talking about global warming during the hurricane season.
After Las Vegas mass shooting, calls for prayer, action on gun control
By Adelle M. Banks — October 2, 2017
(RNS) — In the tragedy's wake, when so many grasp for words, religious leaders speak.
Judge orders makeup for suspect with Nazi tattoos
By Lauren Markoe — July 26, 2016
(RNS) What it takes to get an impartial jury.
America’s most sinful city? It’s not Las Vegas
By Sally Morrow — July 19, 2013
(RNS) Movoto Real Estate blog decided to find out "what the real Sin City is." And surprise, it aint Las Vegas.
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