A housing non-profit has launched a new faith-based initiative working with churches to change their underutilized and vacant buildings and land into affordable housing. After receiving an $8.5 million dollar grant from the Wells Fargo …
The Southern Baptist Convention has reported what has been characterized remarkable increase in the number of new believers and baptisms in its missionary efforts. The SBC’s International Mission Board reports a 62 percent increase in …
The World Council of Churches has issued a statement denouncing the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The WCC released the statement Thursday, hours after the invasion started: The World Council of Churches denounces any and every …
Like the queen? Plant a tree. The Church of England has. The Queen’s Green Canopy Initiative has been introduced as the United Kingdon’s Queen Elizabeth II marks her Platinum Jubilee this year. The initiative calls …
Trinity Episcopal Church in Southport, Connecticut is trying something different. As this 300-year old congregation looked at their community, they saw a large amount of people who were leaving organized religion, but not stepping away …
The United Methodist Church relies on donations to fund local congregations. However, the past three years have seen an annual decline in the amount donated. The likely reason for such a drop is economic uncertainty. …
A top Russian Orthodox bishop spoke out against war in the days before his country invaded Ukraine. Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokalamsk is the head for the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations — meaning …
A West Virginia pastor is saying a bill in her state’s legislature will attack the Christian church’s fundamental rights. A bill that has been introduced into the West Virginia House of Delegates, House Bill 5743, …
An author and teaching pastor says that the future for churches is small — in congregation size, that is. Karl Vaters writes that since Millennials are the first generation who were majority born and raised …
The removal of a Vatican representative from a disputed territory has some speculating that the Holy See is aiming for good relations with Communist authorities in China. The Vatican recently announced that their representative in …