Congregations facing hard choices about what to do with underutilized, high-maintenance sacred structures heard from real estate experts at a recent conference on the future of church buildings.
SBC leaders also set up a new department to deal with the issue of abuse, though the fate of a long-delayed database of abusers remains unknown.
'It was a tough week,' said Harold Herard, a Haitian community leader in Springfield and visitor at Central Christian Church on Sunday. 'But today, we feel free.'
We need a conversation about how our faith will factor in this election. — Jim Wallis
In her book ‘Fully Alive,’ the podcaster and author argues that admitting we aren’t as great as we think we are opens the door to a better life.
‘The Lord of the Rings’ prequel offers parallels that might give divided Americans a little hope. — Tyler Huckabee
Butler, a Presbyterian minister, said she brings ‘a broad set of relationships that I think can help, very quickly, pull a broad coalition together’ in a foreshortened Harris campaign.
Based on the real-life story of an arts program, the film follows inmates who form a theater troupe while serving their sentences, processing their emotions through musical performance and acting.
A dispute over weekend parking in bike lanes has left Presbyterian churches and other inner-city congregations dealing with an urban dilemma in Philadelphia.
Shrinking churches means the market for Christian print resources diminishes, too.
Athletes have long attributed faith to their success on the field. Paris was no exception.
If elected, Walz would be either the first or second Lutheran vice president of the United States, depending on how you count it.
Dance-pop star Charli XCX started what has become known as 'brat summer.'
Hardwick recently retired as lead pastor of Tri-Cities Church in East Point, Georgia, as he receives ongoing treatment for stage 4 cancer.
RNS spoke with writer and director Mitch Hudson, who is also a crew member on 'The Chosen,' about what's next for the new series.
The letter comes as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the U.S., where he is expected to address Congress on Wednesday and meet with President Joe Biden on Thursday.
She would be the first presidential candidate with a diverse personal religious and spiritual history that is now far more representative of America’s multi-faith makeup.
If Trump is elected, Vance would be the second Catholic vice president in US history — after Joe Biden.
"I’m glad Donald Trump is alive, and I’m quite confident God is, too. But my understanding of Christian theology makes me certain that God did not save the former president from assassination," writes Shane Claiborne.
Many also asked for prayers for the country as a whole and the polarized political landscape.
As lawmakers push faith-focused education bills, the statutes are facing pushback from an unexpected source: other religious people.
Over the past nine months, student-led Palestine solidarity encampments popped up at universities across the country. For many students, multi-religious programming at the encampments became unexpected sites for religious connection.
With today’s emptier church pews and fuller yoga studios, churches like The Well are attempting to bridge the two worlds for spiritual fulfillment.
At their annual meeting, Southern Baptists joined the recently renewed debate over in vitro fertilization, passing a resolution calling for restrictions on the practice. Some leaders went further, condemning the procedure as immoral.
Yet, the convention decided to disfellowship a Virginia church that has a woman serving as pastor for children and women.
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