Nineteenth Avenue is a relatively small congregation with limited resources even before the pandemic ever put restraints on its potential.
Ex-youth leader gets 20 years after child molesting plea
A former northern Indiana youth leader was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges that he molested several boys.
Venture Capitalists See Profit in Prayer
Tech investors have discovered religion—or at least religion apps.
University of Alabama partners with the Smithsonian to show religious aspects of January 6th US Capitol attack
The University of Alabama and the Smithsonian Institute worked together to take a closer look at what happened at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Georgetown College names first female president
Georgetown College has named its first female president with the appointment of Rosemary Allen as the private school’s 26th leader. The 193-year-old Kentucky school is Christian in identity and Baptist in heritage, formerly associated with the Kentucky Baptist Convention. Allen,…
Ransom freed some missionary hostages in Haiti, workers say
An unidentified person paid a ransom that freed three missionaries kidnapped by a gang in Haiti under an agreement that was supposed to have led to the release of all 15 remaining captives early last month, workers for their Ohio-based…
Amid Unrest, Kazakhstan Adds More Restrictions For Religious Meetings
President Kasym-Zhomart Tokayev signed into law amendments to the religion law to make holding religious events away from state-registered places of worship more difficult. The amendments come into force on Jan. 9.
European court declines to take pro-gay marriage cake case
A top European court declined Thursday to rule in a high-profile discrimination case centered on an activist’s request to have a cake decorated with the “Sesame Street” characters Bert and Ernie and the words “Support Gay Marriage.”
Pope decries Church conservatives encased in “suit of armour”
Pope Francis took an apparent dig at conservatives resisting change in the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday, lamenting those whose religion he said was self-referential and encased in a “suit of armour”.