The former pastor of a Southern Baptist church near Houston, Texas has been sentenced following his conviction as a child molester. Steven Bratton was arrested in 2019 after charges of child sex abus...
A small item in the recently-passed infrastructure bill could provide energy funding for churches and synagogues. The US Senate approved a trillion-dollar infrastructure bill on Tuesday with bipart...
A prominent actor from the Christian television series The Chosen has visited Pope Francis in the Vatican, fulfilling a childhood dream. Award-winning actor Jonathan Roumie, best known for his role ...
The former pastor Joshua Harris, who has since renounced his faith, is selling a course to lead others to 'reframe their story'. Harris is the author of I Kissed Dating Goodbye and was the...
A large group of religious leaders from Maine has signed a letter calling lawmakers to support the 'For The People Act'. The bill addresses voter access, election integrity and security, camp...
Russell Moore, a notable Southern Baptist theologian, believes that seeing so many people become ill or die from Covid-19 has helped decrease vaccine hesitancy. In a live interview with the Washingt...
A University of Louisville student has filed a lawsuit against the president of the University of Louisville, claiming that he was expelled in 2020 over his pro-life viewpoint. Austin Clark is a fourt...
In an email, the leadership of the Christian group People of Praise has determined that they did mishandle a student's allegations of sexual abuse. People of Praise is a charismatic religious comm...
Pope Francis said on Wednesday that he was greatly pained by the killing of a French priest, allegedly by a Rwandan immigrant already under investigation for setting the Nantes cathedral on fire last ...
A megachurch has seen 589 baptisms across all its sites in the course of one weekend. Elevation Church in America, which came from the Southern Baptist Convention and from which Elevation Worship ...
Heterosexual marriage rates are down to their lowest levels on record but couples who do marry are now more likely to stay together rather than divorce. The Office for National Statistics has releas...
With vaccines continuing to act as a significant point of political tension among Evangelicals, Bible teacher Beth Moore has encouraged those unwilling to get a vaccine to at least continue wearing a ...
A church in Louisiana has been vandalized after posting messages on their front sign asking others to get vaccinated. First Grace United Methodist Church decided to post a sign asking the community to...
New data reveals that the construction of new churches in the US has declined to record lows as of June 2021. According to figures collected by the Census Bureau, construction of religious facilities ...
An appeals court panel in Colorado has ruled that an atheist parolee cannot be penalized for not attending religious programs. Last Friday, the U.S. Court for the 10th Circuit reversed a lower court r...
French authorities have confirmed the killing of a Catholic priest in the western-French region of Vendee. Interior minister Gerald Darmanin said it had been a “dramatic assassination” and travell...
A pastor in the US state of Missouri has donated a kidney to a member of his church who had been struggling with kidney failure for two years. The leader of Park Grove Christian Church, Pastor Jack ...
The founder of Hillsong, who has recently been charged with allegedly concealing his father’s abuse of other children, has been preaching in America about how the Devil tries to kill church unity an...
Last week, the Progressive National Baptist Convention convened virtually to reaffirm their dedication to the Civil Rights cause. While usually hosted locally, it went virtual to maintain Covid safety...
A senior pastor at a Chicago megachurch has tested positive before their appearance at a major leadership conference. Dave Dummitt, a lead pastor at Willow Creek Community Church, was notably absent f...