Congregations facing closure or downsizing must think about more than maximizing profits from the sale of facilities and other assets, social entrepreneur and church finance expert Mark Elsdon said.

In Florence, Italy, last month, Pope Francis addressed the Italian church and gave a bracing, 50-minute exhortation on how integral change is to a healthy life of the church. "Before the problems of ...

The longtime pastor of the largest multi-site Southern Baptist church in Tennessee will step down at the end of the year to head a new church planting initiative. “It’s time. You need a new voice,” ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The lead pastors at James River Church announced they will be stepping down to allow their children and their spouses to take over leadership at the church. John and Debbie Lindell ...

The night of Nov. 30, 2021, is bitterly cold, but it is warm inside St. Mary’s Church in New Haven, Conn. Well over 100 parishioners kneel in the pews for adoration, and incense wafts through beams of ...

The Rev. Janet Boyd-Weidler likes challenges. And she has found plenty of them as an interim pastor for the United Church of Christ. Boyd-Weidler began serving Sept. 1 as interim pastor at First ...

Chris Hodges, founder of the Church of the Highlands in Birmingham, Alabama, is stepping down as lead pastor of the largest religious congregation in the state to focus on his duties as chancellor of ...

All Saints-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church of Montecito is making a $65,000 donation along with a volunteer commitment toward supporting Transition House of Santa Barbara’s Three Stage Housing Program.