Center for Congregational Song launches as antidote to ’worship wars’
(RNS) — Praise team leaders, organists, gospel choir members and other lovers of church music will gather in Dallas this weekend to..
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(RNS) — Martin Luther reportedly said: “There never yet have been, nor are there now, too many good books.” As the 500th anniversary..
COMMENTARY: Taking away the parsonage allowance is religious discrimination
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Federal judge strikes down tax-free housing for clergy
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge in Wisconsin has struck down as unconstitutional a law that gives clergy tax-free housing allowances,..
Christian women gather on National Mall for day of prayer
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Twenty years ago, men gathered as “Promise Keepers” and filled the National Mall for a prayer rally seeking repentance..
Commuting to Nairobi, the train becomes a church
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) – This commuter train takes its passengers to work, but the preacher aboard hopes it will also take them..
After Las Vegas mass shooting, calls for prayer, action on gun control
As the nation reels from the latest mass shooting, religious and secular leaders are offering prayers and some are calling for stronger..
Three days after deadly shooting, Nashville church holds first service
ANTIOCH, Tenn. (USA Today) — The carpet has been pulled up from the floor of Burnette Chapel Church of Christ. Five of its congregants,..
The Book of Common Prayer gets a glossary
LONDON (RNS) — It is the book that gave us such immortal phrases as “till death do us part” and “ashes to..
Texas officials urge Trump to act on FEMA funding for houses of worship
(RNS) — Texas officials have written to President Trump urging him to follow up on his tweeted endorsement of federal disaster relief..
The 11 sisters of Siervas are a rock band like ‘nun’ other
GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (AP) — Eleven nuns take the stage wearing traditional black-and-white habits but are anything but old school as they..
Chainsaw-wielding nun just ‘wanted to help out’ after Hurricane Irma
(RNS) — Now here’s something you don’t see every day: A Carmelite nun, in full habit, cutting trees with a chainsaw. Sister..
Life in a fishbowl: Survey reveals pastors’ spouses experiences
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (RNS) — The vast majority of U.S. Protestant pastors’ spouses say ministry has had a positive effect on their families..
Faith groups provide the bulk of disaster recovery, in coordination with FEMA
(USA Today) If you donate bottles of water, diapers, clothing or any other materials to hurricane victims in Texas or Florida, your..
Pope urges forgiveness in Colombia after decades of conflict
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Pope Francis urged young Colombians to take the lead in promoting forgiveness to help their country heal from..
‘Christian America’ dwindling, including white evangelicals, study shows
(RNS) — The future of religion in America is young, non-Christian and technicolor. Almost every Christian denomination in the U.S. shows signs..
All the president’s clergymen: A close look at Trump’s ‘unprecedented’ ties with evangelicals
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The invitation was unexpected. Would any of the preachers and pastors and other religious leaders, who had come to..
Religious leaders overwhelmingly condemn Trump ending DACA
(RNS) — Religious leaders overwhelmingly condemned President Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. That program, which..
US Catholics and Protestants agree: 500 years after Reformation, they have more in common than not
(RNS) — The theological differences that led to the Protestant Reformation 500 years ago have dwindled since in both the United States..
Evensong sees a surge even as British church attendance declines
LONDON (RNS) — The line of locals and tourists stretches about 400 people long, and one might think they are waiting to..
Pope asks world leaders to listen to ‘cry of the Earth’
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is urging world leaders to “listen to the cry of the Earth and the cry of..
Clergy march in Washington against white supremacy
WASHINGTON (RNS) — From Protestant preachers to Jewish cantors to Catholic nuns, clergy of a range of faiths demonstrated in the nation’s..
Clergy to march for racial justice
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Clergy of a range of faiths are gathering in the nation’s capital for a demonstration for racial justice on..
Pope rails against attempts to restore old-style Catholic worship
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — It’s not every day that Pope Francis chooses to invoke the full weight of his office. This is,..