A study has found that certain conditions correspond to both a lower likelihood of depression and anxiety and to higher levels of positive mental health. By promoting these, churches can help their clergy thrive.
Dirty money in the Appalachian church
Six years after a deadly coal mine disaster, where are we now?
Union Theological Seminary’s controversial plan to survive
The school wants to build luxury condos to pay the bills. Some students say this plan contradicts their values.
Christianity and Korea
How did the religion become so apparently prevalent in South Korea?
The impoliteness of talking about religion
Why are Americans often reluctant to discuss faith outside of their families?
Social conservatives try new tack with state-level efforts on religious freedom
Pivoting from setbacks on the national stage, they take a more targeted approach to religious and individual privacy rights.
When a tiny church houses three religions
Four communities of faith — Christian, Muslim, Jewish and interfaith — form the Multifaith Campus, a novel experiment in multiple religions sharing not just a building but a community.
Mississippi church a window into national gay rights debate
The juxtaposition of beliefs at this church in the Deep South is a window into a debate in much of the U.S. that sometimes puts friends, neighbors and even fellow church members at odds.
Why international adoptions by Americans have hit a 35-year low
In 2004, Americans adopted 22,884 children from foreign countries — an all-time high. Twelve years later, that number has dropped to 5,648 children — the lowest level in 35 years.