Tag Archives: church

In Belarus, where the freedom to follow one’s religion has been reduced to a privilege given at the discretion of an authoritarian government, a terrible change is taking place. The ground-breaking “Faith ...

This year unfortunately has been marked by a number of high-profile scandals involving churches and ministries, both locally and nationally. “It goes without saying that a spiritual leader’s moral, financial, sexual or ...

T.D. Jakes, the pastor of Dallas’s Potter’s House, suffered what many say looks like a stroke in the middle of his sermon on Sunday. Jakes, a celebrity pastor and motivational speaker, had ...

The historic Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City has not jumped onto the casual dress bandwagon. “I want to make traditional church cool,” the Rev. Kevin Johnson  says. “Abyssinian will always ...

If someone is regularly sitting in a church pew, their name is probably also on the church membership roll. According to a Lifeway Research study, around four in five U.S. adults who ...

Archaeologists discovered 17 human remains while excavating an ancient church in Egypt. The church, dated to around the mid-fourth century, was uncovered in an ongoing archaeological excavation of Trimithis (also known as ...

Americans who engage with the Bible and church are less likely to experience the loneliness epidemic that is sweeping the nation, the State of the Bible USA 2024 survey from the American ...

Something good is coming out of Nazareth, where an Arab pastor is helping both Jewish and Arab families in need. Since Islam first swept into Jerusalem in 638 A.D., there has been ...

The Episcopal Church has installed a new leader as it deals with declining membership. The Right Rev. Sean Rowe was officially installed as presiding bishop during a recent ceremony at the Chapel of Christ ...

The Diocese of Jefferson City has banned the singing of several contemporary hymns at Mass because of doctrinal inaccuracies in their lyrics, the Catholic News Agency reported. In a late October decree, ...

Vandals are damaging signs opposing Amendment 3 which seeks to abolish Missouri’s prolife laws. The destruction isn’t related to signs in the lawns of homes, now vandals have damaged several signs outside ...

The Kansas City, Kan., Police Department announced this week that it has returned $36,000 in goods that were stolen from Forest Grove Baptist Church. The items taken from the church in a ...

Practicing Christians flourish more than people who identify as non-religious, the State of the Bible USA 2024 report from the American Bible Society found. The Human Flourishing Index, created by Harvard University, ...

In less than a month, voters will go to the polls for what may be one of the most consequential presidential and congressional elections in history. In addition, Missouri voters will decide ...

Christians are not immune to the mental health issues that have been more predominant since the start of the pandemic. Several leading organizations are joining to present the fifth annual Church Mental Health ...

More young men than women now are attending religious services. Even “The New York Times” noted the trend, which wrote about Grace Church, a Southern Baptist congregation in Waco, Texas. “For the ...

Incidents of church violence are on the rise. About 1,050 people died in 2,361 incidents from 1999 to 2,000, “The Epoch Times” reports. Robbery was the leading reason for the attacks, with ...

The Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, the original home of the Grand Ole Opry, also is known as the Mother Church of Country Music. The music venue began as a church and still ...

Most churchgoers believe Christian movies are effective evangelism tools, a new Lifeway Research poll found. In addition, many say they have discussed a film’s biblical themes with unbelievers. The poll of more than ...

Christians get an emotional lift from attending church – but not if they go only a few times a year, a new study reveals. Researchers found that regular weekend church attendance leads ...

Faithful churchgoers have stepped up their giving to make up for attendance declines since the pandemic, a new study from the Hartford Institute for Religion Research found. In “Finances and Faith: A ...

Evangelical opinions about artificial intelligence run the gamut from a powerful new ministry tool to a sign of the end times. The reality is that, much like the internet or social media, ...

More than 100,000 churches nationwide could be affected by mandatory salary requirements put in place by the Biden administration. The move will likely put a squeeze on many budgets and a new ...

Rookie quarterback C.J. Stroud of the Houston Texans dazzled fans last season by passing for 4,108 yards and 23 touchdowns on the way to a divisional championship, Pro Bowl appearance and multiple ...

Prayer meetings are out of this world at Providence Baptist Church in Houston. Members of the church, which is about 10 minutes from the Johnson Space Center, take a moment during Wednesday ...