As La Luz del Mundo leader Naasón Joaquín García was sentenced to nearly 17 years for sexually abusing young female followers, Jack Freeman — a spokesman and minister for the church — remained steadfast in ...
Detractors and ex-members of La Luz del Mundo say its leader deserved a more severe punishment than the nearly 17-year sentence he received Wednesday (June 8) for sexually abusing young female followers who said he ...
One person is dead and five people were injured Sunday (May 15) in a shooting inside Geneva Presbyterian Church in the south Orange County city of Laguna Woods, authorities said.
(RNS) As Miami-Dade County in Florida grapples with a housing affordability crisis, houses of worship are being recruited to build affordable homes on vacant or underutilized church land.
As IKAR, a Jewish congregation in Los Angeles, has developed plans to build a new synagogue and affordable housing on its property, it has encountered a big obstacle: parking.
Houses of worship own thousands of acres across the U.S., and now through millions of dollars in new grants, congregations in Atlanta, New York, Baltimore, Miami, and Seattle will be building affordable housing on their ...
Black and Latino Christians often turn to their pastors for mental health care, even when those clergy have limited expertise in working with those who are mentally struggling, according to a new study by the ...
An Oregon church is suing the coastal city of Brookings, arguing that an ordinance restricting the church’s meal program for the unhoused violates its right to religious freedom.
The Claremont School of Theology must offer to sell its property to the neighboring Claremont Colleges for a price below market value, a Los Angeles County Superior Court ruled earlier this month.
Maranatha Chapel in San Diego held special services this past weekend to honor senior pastor Ray Bentley, who died from complications of COVID-19, the church announced early last week.
