Religion

Jacksonville's 6th Annual Urban Education Symposium, a major initiative to reverse the high school drop out rates for the city’s black male students, is…

Saturday night, a beloved holiday tradition will take place on the First Coast.The Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra will perform one of the most famous…

Jacksonville's interfaith coalition focusing on issues of poverty, crime, social justice and more has some new leadership for 2014.ICARE of Jacksonville,…

TALLAHASSEE (The News Service of Florida) —A nearly 6-foot-tall pole made from emptied beer cans, marking a parody holiday, will be put up in the Florida…

The Forrest High, The Jasksonville Sheriff's Office, and Marissa Alexander are in the headlines today.Welcome to WJCT First Read, your daily weekday…

On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in a major case testing the use of prayer at government meetings. The case could produce some guidelines for the future after often conflicting rulings in the lower courts.

As a way to bring new people to the chuch, a few mainline churches are experimenting with informal services centered around craft beer. The result is not sloshed congregants; rather, it's an attempt to do church differently.

Marigrace Doran contracted HIV from a rape more than 30 years ago. She's beat the odds against the disease, in part by her attitude, and now she's…

Killing in the name of God — that’s the topic of a special event tonight in Jacksonville featuring First Coast Connect's very own God Squad.WJCT's Melissa…

A quiet block on the city's northwest side appeared to be taken over by villagers from the mountains of southern Poland. As the festivities began, the bride's anxious father was desperate to make room for five wooden carriages, 12 horses and the band.