How can we protect vulnerable members from cyberfraud?

While about half of Protestant churches have Facebook pages, many essentially use it as a bulletin board, missing out on the potential to nurture relationships with congregants and its community. "It's OK for a church to use Facebook like a…

RICHMOND, Va.&#151The Religious Herald has added an eighth regular columnist to its group of opinion writers. Gary Long, pastor of First Baptist Church in Gaithersburg, Md., will offer perspective in the bi-weekly print edition, which also will be posted on…

It's not about hunting. It's about farming. That's how bestselling author Ivan Misner, founder of one of the world's largest business networking organizations, describes social networks, which he says attempt to do one thing—cultivate relationships. For church leaders—keen to deepen…

One in 10 Americans have made a charitable donation using the text messaging feature on their mobile phones, according to a newly-released study produced by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project and Harvard's Berkman Center for the…

Facebook has become the social network of choice for the vast majority of people—it's hard to argue with 850 million users around the globe—and it's not likely to disappear any time soon. But some specialists see a growing market for…

LIBERTY, Mo.—When a church consultant recommended to Second Baptist Church in Liberty, Mo., that its senior minister needed an additional venue—other than the pulpit—to connect to its members, the church's media minister pushed Pastor Jason Edwards to consider a video…