A Houston megachurch has been in the news due to member concerns about the ways its bylaws were amended and governance was effectively removed from the congregation and entrusted to a small group handpicked by the senior pastor. While this...
Jeffress’ Dallas megachurch, like others, is a television set with an unusually large studio audience, a fact that Hannity’s Sunday’s appearance underlined.
Refugees are usually depicted as people in great need. And that’s understandable since most have escaped war and famine with little more than the shirts on their backs. But the devastation brought by Hurricane Harvey has enabled a church in…
The campaign is confronting four interlocking issues: systemic racism, poverty, the war economy, and ecological devastation.
What’s the solution to the firearms dilemma for a pastor in gun-loving Texas? Visiting and listening.
First, the Rev. Richard Joyner got mad. Then he got a trowel. Sick and tired of seeing his congregation suffer from poor nutrition, the North Carolina minister took action.
The Museum of the Bible, a massive new institution opening next month just south of the Mall, is just as notable for what it includes as for what it leaves out.
“The Latin cross is the core symbol of Christianity. And here, it is 40 feet tall, prominently displayed at one of the busiest intersections in Prince George’s County, Md., and maintained with thousands of dollars in government funds.”
Corina Lopez came to the U.S. in 2001 after an earthquake devastated her home country, El Salvador. She thought she would return in three years. “That was my plan, but not God’s will,” Lopez said at a rally to support a program to give legal status to people hindered from returning home because of natural disaster or armed conflict.
Is this “a Bonhoeffer moment” in American political, cultural and spiritual life? A lot of people, across the theological spectrum, seem to think as much, or at least find the question worth pursuing.
As a woman in ministry, I have followed safe church policies when working with children and youth. None of those policies protected me from inappropriate behavior, whether by church members or supervising ministers.
Staff changes, congregational news and more from across the nation.
The religious right wants to open up the spigots of government funding after natural disasters. But their ultimate goal is to secure more public funds for churches.
