The city's meetings and conventions business will get a boost in August with a commitment from the Women of Faith group to bring its Grand New Day Conference Tour to the St. Pete Times Forum. The conference will draw about 15,000 attendees, according to a release by Tampa Bay & Co., which markets the visitors industry for Hillsborough County. ...more

January 2, 2009

America has always been a competitive religious marketplace, but a major survey released Monday shows a country increasingly exploring different faith identities and ways of worship. More than 40 percent of respondents told pollsters that they had changed their religious affiliation since childhood. ...more

February 26, 2008

Even after we agreed to accept more risk in our policies, big insurance not only reneged on their promise to lower rates for Floridians, they continued to increase them. ...more

February 4, 2008

When nine or more Baha'i's vote to form a new faith group, instead of calling it a church, it is an LSA - Local Spiritual Assembly. There is no clergy. There are governing bodies at the local, national and international levels, which all consist of nine elected members - no nominations or electioneering. The LSA's oversee the activities of the faith communities. ...more

January 12, 2008

Meetings at a church and in member homes. ...more

January 11, 2008