In Europe and North America, the high costs of maintenance and declining use of sacred spaces have led to the abandonment of churches, shrines, and monasteries of significant architectural and ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. President Jimmy Carter, a long-time member of the Baptist Church, came to understand the deep divide of race ...

But I will not forget his warning that a major storm was on the way. There seems to be a convergence of issues that could have a profound effect on churches in 2025. Frankly, I could name at least a ...

Her family began attending Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano during the 1980s. In 1989, youth music minister John Langworthy was quietly fired after child sexual abuse allegations. But Smith ...

Christians all over the world commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ on the 25th December of every year It is a time for celebration, merriment, and family reunion for many as it comes with holiday ...

The life of the church in 2024 was defined as much by what did not happen, as by what did. And, the most important thing that did happen, the second session of the Synod of Bishops on synodality ...

The article included other remarks related to Carter’s faith — such as the importance of the separation of church and state, a conviction born of Carter’s Southern Baptist upbringing — but ...

Be sure to check with your home church about any special service taking place for New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. Greater St. James and Bright Morning Star Baptist Churches will host a ...

Pastor Caroline Omolo.Credit...Kang-Chun Cheng for The New York Times Supported by By Sarah Hurtes Reporting from Nairobi For nearly a decade, Kenya’s only church led and attended by L.G.B.T.Q ...

Father Bryan Zielenieski talks about church closures and the fall in attendance in the Diocese of Buffalo, New York. "We essentially went to half of what we used to back in the early 2000s," he ...

Ms. Townsend is an associate professor of philosophy. If you walk into a church right now, you are almost guaranteed to see other people. It’s the busiest time of the year for churches — even ...

The Archbishop of York, who will effectively take over as leader of the Church of England next month, has called for change in his Christmas sermon. Stephen Cottrell delivered his remarks as the ...