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A majority (74 percent) of U.S. Protestants and Catholics support "Dreamers" receiving permanent legal status, according to a Pew Research Center report released on Jan. 19. Views about "substantially expanding the wall along the U.S. border with Mexico" were more varied.

DALLAS, Ga. (BP) -- Johnny Nix of Pickett's Mill Baptist Church has asked volunteers to consider staying away.

Like so many other churches, Nix and the Dallas, Ga., church he leads are locked in a battle with the flu.

SAN DIEGO (BP) -- Thirty people made professions of faith in Jesus during Agape Myanmar Mission's home visits for its third annual Christmas outreach.

WASHINGTON (RNS) — When German Fernandez learned last week that the Trump administration plans to end Temporary Protected Status for him and around 200,000 other immigrants from El Salvador, it was a nightmare come true.

“Free speech is under assault in America,” the president of the National Religious Broadcasters recently declared in a Washington, D.C. press conference, "And this is happening on the internet.” 

No safe, affordable housing was available in 2016 for people in the U.S. whose sole income was Supplemental Security Income (SSI), according to a report released in mid-December 2017.

NEW YORK (AP) — Edwin Hawkins, the gospel star best known for the crossover hit “Oh Happy Day” and as a major force for contemporary inspirational music, has died at age 74.

NASHVILLE (BP) -- Going to church for some can be a bit like hanging out at Starbucks. The coffee's hot, the people are friendly, and the Wi-Fi is almost always free.

More than 63,000 people died in the U.S. from drug overdose in 2016, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released on Dec. 21, 2017.

(RNS) For the 16th year in a row, North Korea tops the list of 50 countries ranked for the worst persecution of Christians in the world, according to the Christian watchdog organization Open Doors USA.