Churches in the nation's capital have started extending invitations to President-elect Barack Obama and his family, touting their African-American roots, their ties to presidents past and to Obama himself.
3The Song of Songs is said to be the most erotic and exciting book in Scripture yet its contents are hardly preached on. When the book is taught in church, it is usually taught as an allegory, and not literally as an intimate relationship between a husband and a wife.
12Ex-evangelical leader Ted Haggard, who fell from grace after the exposure of his sex and drug scandal two years ago, recently opened up about the dark secret from his past that likely led to his downfall as an adult.
75An evangelical denomination reports that its churches are increasingly adding recovery ministries to their service list that are effectively changing lives. But the problem is these programs are difficult to grow.
1Investigators say a fire that destroyed a church being constructed for a predominantly black congregation was intentionally set.
1With the economy in crisis, congregations around the country are cutting expenses at the very moment many members need help with food, heating bills and gasoline.
4Churchgoers have less than a week left to do something extra special for their ministers in recognition of Clergy Appreciation Month.
4The Rev. Linda Mercadante, a professor of theology at Methodist Theological School in Delaware, Ohio, conducted research on this growing segment of the American population and found possible reasons why the "spiritual" tend to stay away from the church or religious practices.
12Some members of a Catholic church in New Orleans have filed a lawsuit over plans by the Archdiocese of New Orleans to close the church.
0"I don't know about you but I'm politicked!" said the lead pastor of one of the largest churches in the country as he kicked off a controversial sermon series on faith and politics.
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