A Mennonite and math teacher, Esther Koontz was asked by her school to sign a statement proclaiming that she does not boycott Israel. She stood by her personal faith and moral convictions, and refused, and was denied a contract.

Exactly 42 years after Bill Hybels pioneered a contemporary style of evangelical Christian worship, the senior pastor of Willow Creek Community Church announced this weekend that a woman will take his place as CEO.

Lovers of church music will gather in Dallas this weekend to launch the Center for Congregational Song, at a time when musicians are trying to re-energize an aspect of church life that often gets mired in feuds.

“Independent Network Charismatic” Christianity is significantly changing the religious landscape in America — and its politics.

Despite claims he did not take a “regular salary” from the Christian charity he founded, former Alabama judge Roy Moore privately arranged to receive a salary of $180,000 a year for part-time work.

“We are in business to be a supporter of the gospel. And, therefore, a supporter of the Second Amendment. Not only do we have those Second Amendment rights because God gives them to us, but also the gospel.”

Since the 1990s, radicalized Buddhist monks have voiced “an aggressive anti-Muslim message.” Anti-Muslim riots in 2001-2002 and again in 2011-2012 left dozens of Rohingya dead and thousands displaced by what some call Buddhist terrorism.

New legal guidance could affect health care, gay rights, political action by churches

The Catholic Church and other conservative Christian groups have successfully reframed the religious freedom debate.