In the PRRI study, 57% of Americans say they seldom or never attend religious services. Among those who do, 89% said they were proud to be associated with their congregation.
For American religion, the story of decline just won’t let up. But among those who remain churchgoers, there’s a happier story, too.
With the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan nearly two years ago, churches across the country began extending an embrace to refugees.
A North Carolina Superior Court judge dismissed a lawsuit filed last year by 36 United Methodist churches demanding to sever their ties to the denomination.
In the wake of what may be Turkey’s deadliest earthquake, Samaritan’s Purse, the Christian humanitarian relief organization, announced it would send a 52-bed emergency field hospital to the city of Antakya, historically known as Antioch.
(RNS) — South Carolina’s largest United Methodist church is gearing up to break from the denomination with a formal vote expected next month. Mt. Horeb United Methodist, located in Lexington, South Carolina, 17 miles from ...
Across the country, United Methodist churches are voting to leave the denomination by following an exit plan approved by its leaders more than three years ago.
Eastern University, a Christian school affiliated with the American Baptist Churches USA, has amended its policies to allow for the hiring of faculty who identify as LGBTQ and to add sexual orientation to its non-discrimination ...
North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson has a message for the state’s evangelical pastors: Run for office.
Calvin University’s board of trustees has allowed a group of faculty members to dissent from a clause in a confession of faith that regards sex outside of heterosexual marriage as sinful, thus enabling them to ...
Wiebe Boer is Calvin University's 12th president, succeeding Michael Le Roy, who stepped down after a 10-year term.
