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A new study looks at why millions of Americans left church — and what might bring them back.

While life at local congregations has returned mostly to normal, the future remains uncertain.

When it comes to the pope’s right-wing critics here in the U.S., he has a broad spectrum to choose from.

The latest in a long history of American racist killings was at the forefront of Sunday services at St. Paul AME Church, about 3 miles from the crime scene.

The Rev. Stephen Lee, who is facing multiple charges regarding his alleged attempt to meddle in Georgia’s 2020 election results, began the service by reading from a passage that calls on believers to ‘put on the full armor of God.’

This issue of A Public Witness takes you down the rabbit hole of the latest ReAwaken America Tour event to consider what it means when Bible verses, Christian songs, and holy sacraments are exploited to justify a mad view of the world.

McLaurin is the third Executive Committee leader to resign in controversy since 2018.

Houston was charged with concealing his late father, Frank Houston's, sexual abuse of a young man.

In this issue of A Public Witness, we virtually meet in St. Louis to hear from the Progressive National Baptist Convention as they advocate for an engaged faith on the ninth anniversary of Michael Brown's death in nearby Ferguson, Missouri.

A new study shows white evangelical clergy are as conservative, if not more so, as the people in their churches.