Small church life will be hard to sustain. Roughly 85% of American congregations have fewer than 250 members. Most of the work is done by older adults filling the pews. Millennials get much of the blame, but it's not life-work balance -- it's capitalism.
PEMBA, Mozambique (BP) -- With Mozambique suffering its second major cyclone in the past six weeks, Baptist Global Response has requested prayer for ongoing disaster relief ministry in the southeast African nation.
(USA Today) — MJ Day, SI Swimsuit editor, promised an issue with “a wide range of age and race and levels of modesty that really is a first for us” in a recent "Good Morning America" segment.
PARIS (RNS) — To Americans who drop coins into the collection plate, write a check or perhaps text in their Sunday donation, the idea that the state would charge an annual tax to support their church can seem strange and off-putting indeed. Not so in
AUSTIN — HB 3899 and HB 3292, two bills pending in the Texas House of Representatives could expand predatory lending in the state, some religious leaders and consumer advocates warn.
Inspired by the devastating impact of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and enabled by the largely unchecked freedoms of social media, individual extremists have launched a steady series of assaults on religious institutions around the world, the latest at a California synagogue.
(RNS) – Democratic White House hopefuls — from Elizabeth Warren to Pete Buttigieg — are already talking a lot about God. Turns out both conservatives and progressives have been listening, and they want to hear more.
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — A Burkina Faso government spokesman says six people, including a pastor, have been killed in an attack on a Christian church in the country’s north.
Three centuries of service to Britain, Nazi bombings, an audacious invitation to William Churchill, a famous speech and a stone-by-stone rebuilding on the other side of the Atlantic is all part of the fascinating tale of how St. Mary the Virgin Church came to Westminster
Like preparing a meal, a sermon is a localized experience. It exists in the moment when it is received into our bodies, hearts, and minds.