COLUMBIA, S.C.COLUMBIA, S.C. — The wide empty spaces in pews between parishioners at a Sunday service at Zion Baptist Church in South Carolina’s capital highlight a post-pandemic reality common among ...

The fight to allow same-sex marriage and gay clergy has defined much of the last half-century for major mainline Protestant denominations in the U.S., mirroring in many ways the broader fight for ...

More than half of Protestant churches in the U.S. are relying on armed congregants as part of their security plan, according to a recent survey of pastors. Approximately 81% of churches — or four in ...

Church researchers were wondering: What season of the year are church leaders thinking about finances? For most, they found, the answer seemed to be the fall. Three in 4 Protestant churches, a new ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The wide empty spaces in pews between parishioners at a Sunday service at Zion Baptist Church in South Carolina’s capital highlight a post-pandemic reality common among many Black ...

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