Lyz Lenz’s new book examines not just the impact of rural church closures, but also the larger ways that evangelical faith has shaped the culture and mentality of America's heartland -- and why so many depictions of Jesus look like Brad Pitt.
As Christians we must pray for God’s presence in our lives and culture. May he heal our world and give us a glimpse of a coming kingdom defined by love, peace and justice. But American history teaches us that reform usually happens when Christians take
In a culture obsessed with tweeting and Instagramming every moment of life, it’s little surprise that streaming extends to death. Funeral livestreaming services have been around for more than a decade, but the practice has recently exploded in popularity.
After New Jersey's Supreme Court victory last year, any state that wishes can legalize sports betting. ESPN recently updated a ranking of all 50 states and the District of Columbia in terms of how likely it is for each jurisdiction to offer full-scale legal sports
Rev. Deanna Hollas has been appointed gun violence prevention minister by the largest Presbyterian denomination in the United States.
Remembering Michael Brown on the five-year anniversary of his killing in Ferguson, Mo., would be incomplete without acknowledging the impact that this tragedy had on race relations within American evangelicalism.
Fallout over the "By What Standard?" trailer released by the Founders Ministries points to a key difference among conservative Southern Baptists: How much they are willing to learn from elements of secular ideologies, versus rejecting them outright?
It is hoped a temporary miniature-golf course will bring more visitors inside Rochester Cathedral. The nine-hole installation generated international headlines with churchgoers and religious commentators calling it sacrilege and historic preservationists objecting to what they said is a misuse of England’s second-oldest cathedral.
In Ethiopia, evangelicalism is growing at a faster rate than even the booming general population, already the second-largest in Africa and projected to exceed 112 million people by 2020.
Student Life Bible Camp's insurer is not liable for injuries suffered by a child who fell from a zip line at Windermere Baptist Conference Center, used by the camp, says a federal appeals court in reversing a lower court’s ruling.