Golden Lampstand. January 21, 2018 at 1:00 a.m. by Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified ...

GOLDEN — Holiday displays with religious symbols will not be allowed on city property this year, though City Council members agreed Thursday night to discuss future city policy at a later date ...

The Golden Lampstand Church in Linfen, in 2009. Credit: ANDY WONG. Members of the megachurch, however, have previously clashed with authorities, including in 2009 when the police confiscated ...

After the city of Golden rejected a plan to place a menorah on city property, a rabbi and his followers have found the next best place — on the wall of a popular bar on the city’s main street ...

Before it was demolished with explosives by local authorities in January 2018, the Golden Lampstand Church was a megachurch and one of the largest churches in China. Its congregation was part of a ...

Witnesses and overseas activists said the paramilitary People's Armed Police used dynamite and excavators to destroy the Golden Lampstand Church, which has a congregation of more than 50,000, in ...

In this image taken from video shot Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018, by China Aid and provided to the Associated Press, clouds of debris billow during the demolition of the Golden Lampstand Church in Linfen ...

Fun fact: although commonly referred to as a menorah, the nine-tiered lampstand that Jews light up for eight nights in a row during the holiday is technically called a hanukkiah (menorahs have ...

Golden Lampstand Church has had a long history of tension with the communist government dating back to when it was built in 2009. Congregation members were beaten by 400 officials during an ...

A Star of David may appear on the flag of Israel, but a much older symbol of Judaism and the Jewish people is the menorah, the seven-branched candelabrum that can be seen among the looted ...