At Rooftop Church, just outside St. Louis, Missouri, it's not collars and frocks — it's baseball caps and jeans. Head pastor Matt Herndon sets the tone on Sundays. "When a lot of people come in, they ...
Attacks targeting churches in the U.S. have increased significantly in recent years, according to a report, and the recent shooting at a Minnesota Catholic school is the latest example. In the report, ...
Hostility toward churches across the U.S. remains alarmingly high, according to a new study from a Christian organization that has tracked such incidents since 2018. In its annual "Hostility Against ...
In a break with decades of tradition, the Internal Revenue Service says it will allow houses of worship to endorse candidates for political office without losing their tax-exempt status. The surprise ...
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Houses of worship around the country are adopting varying strategies to survive. During the final Mass at the All Saints Parish in Buffalo, New York, on a warm Sunday in July, the priests encouraged ...
As the holiday season approaches, people across the U.S. will be looking for a place to celebrate Christmas, and may attend services at one of the 20 churches in America that have 18,000 or more ...
Archaeologists have uncovered the oldest known Christian church in Armenia. Shaped like an octagon with cross-shaped extensions, the structure’s foundations are more than 1,600 years old, also making ...
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — The Catholic Diocese of Buffalo announced its final decisions Tuesday morning on which parishes and worship sites would be closed or merged. The diocese says this decision was ...
Brad Ruggles had already begun wrestling with his evangelical faith when he was called to launch a small church in a north Indianapolis suburb. As he pastored over his 200-member congregation, he ...
The East African nation has shuttered 9,800 “prayer houses” because it wants safe buildings and well-trained pastors. Is that too much to ask? Rwanda has shut down almost 10,000 places of worship in ...