Newell Presbyterian is part of a growing trend of declining congregations with underutilized space, excess land or deteriorating buildings that are selling or leasing some of their land for affordable housing.
The three-part docuseries explores the birth and sudden demise of Teen Mania, plus the gnarly underbelly of a ministry some former members consider abusive.
'As a chaplain, the reason why we exist is to facilitate individuals in their own free expression of religion,' said former Navy Chief of Chaplains Margaret Kibben.
Located in underutilized classrooms, storage spaces and former nurseries, these spaces are empowering families to return to faith communities.
Much of the debate involves grappling with the question of whether AI is being used as a replacement for a sacred human project or whether it's a tool in the service of that project.
The IRS hopes to settle a lawsuit brought by a pair of Texas churches and a group of religious broadcasters over rules that bar houses of worship and other nonprofits from getting involved in political campaigns.
'[Lift Every Voice and Sing] is featured in over 40 different Christian hymnals and sung in churches all across America, not just during Black History Month or Juneteenth,’ said musician Theodore Thorpe III.
The sudden reduction in humanitarian aid by the Trump administration has had devastating consequences that will only grow over time.
The leather-bound edition includes the King James Version, along with the Bill of Rights, the U.S. Constitution and lyrics to Lee Greenwood’s hit song.
Millions of Americans have taken up pickleball, touting its health and social benefits. A growing number of churches want to tap into those benefits — with a side of spirituality.
'Johns Hopkins and NYU schools of medicine carried out the study, and that in itself speaks to the powerful presence psychedelics have in popular consciousness,' said scholar Gary Laderman.
‘For Southern Baptists, the waters of sexuality are not muddy,’ said Southern Baptist Convention President Clint Pressley.
The issue of women staffers who have the title of pastor in SBC churches has been up for debate repeatedly in recent years.
Five churches organized the event out of a conviction of their faith, but as an invisible network.
Walter Brueggemann, who died June 5 at age 92, read the Bible not as a scientific account or a rigid moral code but as sacred myth that could still speak with truth and urgency.
His books were influential primarily with clergy, but through their sermons Brueggeman’s concepts have become familiar to many churchgoers.
Bishop Michael Pham is the first Vietnamese American bishop to lead a US diocese.
‘We are honest about the conditions that we're facing, but we are not hopeless about what we're facing,' said Bishop W. Darin Moore of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church.
A quiet alliance between North and South American cardinals helped elect the first US-born pope.
'Afrikaners don’t fit any definition of refugee,' said the Most Rev. Sean Rowe, the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church.
Built to train pastors, many seminaries like Princeton and Austin are increasingly welcoming students looking to discern their calling rather than intending to work at a congregation.
‘The election of an American Pope, the first American Pope … there’s a signal here that the church is taking a side in what’s happening around the globe,' said Steven Millies, a professor at Catholic Theological Union.
As Catholics, our arms will be wide open to the world. We will accompany the world. We will live in the world. — Steven P. Millies
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