Faced with declining membership, aging buildings and large, underutilized properties, many U.S. houses of worship have closed their doors in recent years. Presbyterian minister Eileen Linder has argued that 100,000 churches may close in the next few decades.
When Shirley Chisholm paid a visit to George Wallace
There’s an American parable — a true story, in fact — that might offer us a bridge out of our current divided, violent politics.
What is Catholic Integralism?
Since his nomination as the Republican candidate for vice president, focus has intensified on JD Vance’s religious beliefs and how they connect to his politics.
Catholics pray for unity as the National Eucharistic Congress begins
Aside from the screeches and hushed giggles of small children, the crowd in the Indianapolis Colts’ football stadium was silent.
2 incarcerated men wanted to convert to Judaism. This rabbi helped them do it.
When Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp appeared on an episode of the “Judaism Unbound” podcast last year to talk about her new online Jewish conversion class, she didn’t know that two listeners would soon change the trajectory of her life.
The Black fugitive who inspired ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ and the end of US slavery
In or around 1825, John Andrew Jackson was born enslaved on a plantation in South Carolina and trained to spend his life picking cotton.
BWA Presents 2024 Human Rights Award and Special Citation
In the closing General Council session of the 2024 Baptist World Alliance (BWA) Annual Gathering hosted in Lagos, Nigeria, the BWA presented the 2024 Denton and Janice Lotz Human Rights Award to Julie Mariama Sesay. Established in 2006, the annual…
Voter protection training begins as clergy, secular groups look toward election
Faith leaders are making plans to provide a de-escalating presence at the polls months ahead of another deeply contested presidential election in an increasingly polarized country.
El Salvador’s Prisons Are Full. Prison Ministries Are Not.
In just over two years, El Salvador’s government has sent 80,000 people to prison. With over 111,000 people incarcerated, the country has the world’s highest proportion of people behind bars—one inmate for every 56 people.