In the aftermath of back-to-back hurricanes, faith-based disaster groups, including World Renew’s Disaster Relief Services, are on the scene while planning for a long, slow recovery

Expecting to retire Oct. 31, Shirley Hoogstra, president emerita of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, spoke with Religion News Service about her 10 years with the institution.

World Relief asked supporters to urge U.S. presidential candidates “to uphold human dignity, secure borders, and protect family unity in immigration solutions.”

Congregations facing hard choices about what to do with underutilized, high-maintenance sacred structures heard from real estate experts at a recent conference on the future of church buildings.

In the U.S., 64% of respondents said it’s important to have a national leader who stands up for people with their religious beliefs. 50% of Canadian respondents said the same.

Canadian megachurch The Meeting House has closed public ministry. Nine satellite sites have relaunched as a network of churches with shared preaching and support services.

Pew study shows U.S. migrants are much more likely to have a religious identity than the American-born population.

Released June 20, it’s the first film entirely in American Sign Language to debut in theaters, according to the filmmakers.

The Crosby-Schoyen Codex, written on papyrus in the Coptic language, contains the oldest complete version of the First Epistle of Peter. It’s up for auction this month.

The American Council of Education has launched a 13-member Commission on Faith-based Colleges and Universities.

Since the mid-2000s, the nones—Americans who claim no religion—have been the fastest-growing segment of the religious landscape. But that growth might be slowing.

A new report from the Religious Freedom and Business Foundation indicates commitment to religious diversity has more than doubled in surveyed Fortune 500 companies since 2022.

Pew Research findings from a February survey show a growing disconnect among an array of religious Americans beliefs and their perceptions of mainstream American culture.

A recent ruling in Alabama declared frozen embryos to be children. The ruling raises important ethical issues about in vitro fertilization.

Eight pieces of legislation under the regionalization plan would reshape the denomination, creating four equal conferences—Africa, Europe, the Philippines, and the United States—each able to customize practices to fit local needs.

Gospel singer Kirk Franklin won his 20th Grammy award, hip hop artist LeCrae his third and fourth, and pastor and singer Tye Tribbett his third.

The report also raises the alarm on a degrading situation for Christians amid attacks on Christian schools and hospitals in India.

Josh Newell, executive director of Jesus Film Project, said he views animation as a fitting means to speak to younger generations about the life of Jesus.

Clergy resource groups like One America Movement and the Colossian Forum find pastors are seeking ideas for how to preach in ways that heal, rather than widen, congregations’ social and political divides.

“Stop thinking that the best use of your time is to advocate for something in politics, or advocate for something far away,” said Seth Kaplan, author of Fragile Neighborhoods: Repairing American Society, One ZIP Code at a Time.

‘We wanted to bridge a gap’ said NAE’s director of racial justice and reconciliation collaborative.

Three dozen churches in the Western North Carolina Conference have now agreed to leave under the denomination's exit plan. They will formally exit in November.

The latest report from the Hartford Institute for Religion Research’s five-year study of the impact of the pandemic on America’s churches shows increased income, lower conflict, but more questioning of vocation by clergy.