Faith and Religion

After a summer without incident, the banner has been vandalized multiple times in the last few weeks.

In this Dakota Life story from 2015, come with SDPB to the Brown Earth Church in rural Grant County, South Dakota.

With an out-of-state petitioner angling to mandate prayer in South Dakota schools, some consider it a misuse of the state ballot measure system. That includes the state ACLU chapter.

A Florida Man wants to mandate prayer in South Dakota public schools. The Attorney General’s office is releasing an initiated measure explanation for the proposal, which could appear in the 2026 election.

The measure defines antisemitism and creates legal pathways to prove antisemitic discrimination.

The House Taxation Committee passed a bill making property acquired by religious groups automatically tax exempt for a period of two years.

The Allen Chapel served as a spiritual home to several generations of African Americans in Yankton.

Get to know the founder of the Black Hills Passion Play, Josef Meier.

Step inside St. Anthony of Padua Cathedral of the Prairie in Hoven, South Dakota.

Enjoy a holiday heritage meal of lutefisk, potatoes, Norweigan meatballs and lefsa at St. Paul Lutheran Church of Elk Point, South Dakota.