(RNS) — Religiously unaffiliated Americans represent about 28% of the country’s population, according to 2024 Pew Research Center data. As this demographic has grown, so, too, have the number of ...

George Washington founded the Army Chaplain Corps 250 years ago because he knew it was wrong to ask his troops to give the ...

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth released a video last week announcing immediate changes to directives given to military chaplains.

In times of loss, change or other challenges, chaplains can listen, provide comfort and discuss spiritual needs. These spiritual caregivers can be found working in hospitals, universities, prisons and ...

Beneath the salacious headlines from the Anglican Church in North America lies a high-stakes battle about military chaplaincy ...

(RNS) — “My religion is watching CNN,” a feisty elderly woman with cancer recently told a hospital chaplain who had knocked on the patient’s door to introduce himself. The patient, in a thin blue ...

The Christian Beacon, fundamentalist weekly of the Bible Presbyterian Church,* had a big story last week and spread it over four of its eight pages. The story: a U.S. Navy chaplain had resigned rather ...

Satanic Temple members are planning on taking advantage of a bill Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Thursday that allows volunteer chaplains to provide support services for public K-12 students. But DeSantis ...

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has ordered a major overhaul of the U.S. military Chaplain Corps following recent testimony exposing barriers to service members freely practicing their faith.

“It is a distinct asset for any chaplain to be of such athletic build and temperament that he can execute any task assigned to him in the briefest time possible. . . . Military bearing and neatness ...

Charles Neff has been named the new chaplain of Drury University. The new pastor of Pitts Chapel United Methodist Church, Neff will also serve as professor of religious studies and the director of ...