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Ten SC Methodist churches say they should be allowed to severe their connection to the national church amid disputes over LGBTQ+ policy, and retain ownership of their buildings.
The Global Methodist Church, a new, more conservative Methodist denomination, announced Thursday it will officially launch in May, the biggest step so far in the highly anticipated split of the ...
At the start of 2025, at least a dozen church properties in New Jersey were for sale, ranging from the stately redbrick Christ Our Savoir Lutheran Church in Jersey City, asking price $1.9 million ...
Eight fishermen from Sitio Lipata, Barangay Gogon in Caramoan, Camarines Sur who were reported missing were located by authorities in a nearby town. The fishermen went missing after setting out to sea ...
The church had been paying $12,500 for insurance and had made a claim for flooding damage due to a faulty sprinkler. Pihl said the church learned this past spring that its insurance had been canceled.
From his office at St. James the Apostle, a 160-year-old Anglican church in downtown Montréal, Rev. Graham Singh is telling us about taxes.“Churches don’t like to talk about wealth. They ...
The United Methodist Church has been undergoing a slow schism over the course of the last few years. This year is likely to see “the peak” of church disaffiliations, according to the United ...
If you want your church to thrive in the 21st century, you’ll also need to brush up on climate change. The number one issue for many young people is the environment.
A new book, “The Great Dechurching: Who’s Leaving, Why Are They Going, and What Will It Take to Bring Them Back?” looks at the decline in church attendance in recent years.
Millions of Americans are leaving church, never to return, and it would be easy to think that this will make the country more secular and possibly more liberal. After all, that is what happened in ...
Rachel Swarns' 'The 272' explores how the Catholic Church profited from slavery "You don't hear about enslaved people at Mass or in Sunday school," says Rachel Swarns. Her new book tells the story ...
The letter in October came as a shock to Linda Barnes Popham, who had been the pastor of Fern Creek Baptist Church in Louisville, Ky., for 30 years, the first woman to lead her congregation.