Court Victories For Churches, Trouble in Ethiopia, MinistryWatch Database Updates
Court Victories For Churches, Trouble in Ethiopia, MinistryWatch Database Updates
A church in Lexington, Ky., has hired GRACE (Godly Response to Abuse in the Christian Environment) to investigate allegations of sexual abuse by singer/songwriter Chris Rice.
A judge said city limitations are causing a ‘substantial burden’ on Capitol Hill Baptist under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act
A district court has temporarily granted a request from a Washington, D.C., Southern Baptist church to gather for outdoor worship services that violate the city’s rules for public gatherings.
Despite local guidelines allowing faith groups to meet for worship, Christian musician played Nashville to protest church closures.
Despite local guidelines allowing faith groups to meet for worship, Christian musician played Nashville to protest church closures.
Calls on pastors to ‘open your church’
John MacArthur, pastor of Grace Community Church in Los Angeles, Califo., is urging Christians to sign a petition aimed at deeming the evangelical church “essential.” In a video released yesterday (Oct. 7) alongside the petition, ...
About half (52 percent) of congregations across the U.S. have seen more people participating during the pandemic. At more than half, giving has remained the same or increased, while 41 percent of congregations say giving ...
Capitol Hill Baptist Church this week became the first church to file suit against D.C. over pandemic-related restrictions on worship services and mass gatherings, citing violations of First and Fifth Amendment rights.
Episcopal Church in the US Continues Its Steady Decline
The Episcopal Diocese of Chicago is planning to put its downtown headquarters up for sale.
But a new study of 1,262 congregations across the United States shows it is liberal congregations, and particularly Black churches, that have become substantially more engaged in political activity compared to their conservative counterparts.
Giving to congregations has shifted upward after churches closed their buildings earlier this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, a survey shows.
