As Wildfires Rage, California Town Rallies for Material, Spiritual Help
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — Pick any road in Redding, Calif., and community members will tell you they aren’t surprised to see handmade thank-you signs lining the
Sex Scandals Fester at Unhealthy Organizations, Experts Say
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Of all the horrific details contained in the Pennsylvania grand jury report on child sexual abuse in the Catholic
Stop Calling the Mormon Church ‘Mormon,’ Says Church Leader
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — On Aug. 16, Mormon church President Russell M. Nelson said he wants people to stop using "Mormon," or
Satanists Erect Statue Outside Ark. Capitol
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (BP) -- A group from The Satanic Temple temporarily erected a goat-headed, winged statue on the Arkansas State Capitol grounds on
Aretha Franklin Started with Gospel, Ended with Soul at Age 76
(RNS) — Aretha Franklin, a singer who began her career with gospel music and was later crowned the “Queen of Soul,” died Thursday (Aug. 16) after battling
Baptists Responding to Lombok Earthquakes
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Earthquakes that shook the Indonesian island of Lombok over the past week have resulted in at least 430 deaths, and
Report Alleges Decades of Child Sex Abuse by Pennsylvania Priests
(RNS) — Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro has released a more than 1,300-page grand jury report detailing allegations of widespread sexual abuse of more than
Turkish Star Witnesses Against U.S. Pastor Andrew Brunson Are His Expelled Congregants
IZMIR, Turkey (RNS) — As Turkish prosecutors prepare for the high-profile trial of American pastor Andrew Brunson on terrorism-related charges, their case points directly to his
For Military Families, This Church Aims to Be Manna from Heaven
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (RNS) — The Thursday evening service at Manna Church packs a punch that more than rivals large Sunday morning services elsewhere.
This dynamic megachurch is similar to
Willow Creek Leadership Summit Goes on Despite Mass Resignations
SOUTH BARRINGTON, Ill. (RNS) — The Global Leadership Summit at Willow Creek Community Church began Thursday (Aug. 9) morning by addressing the elephant in the