This feature is only available to members. Join now for full online access. Of a pastor's numerous activities, sermon preparation ranks as the one which takes most time. Surveys indicate an average of ...

There’s one pair of words I see in more email subject lines than any others: preaching and politics. “I love our church,” someone might write, “but I wish our pastor would stop bringing politics into ...

MONTGOMERY — Randy Weaver knew what it would take to make his dream of a cowboy church a reality. After two years of preaching at three sites, he had negotiated in 1999 for a 41-acre, overgrown tract ...

A sacred Black church tradition rooted in Christ’s final words is evolving — embracing livestreams, diverse voices and modern interpretations that connect ancient scripture to today’s struggles for ...

Halfway through her 2019 VMA Awards montage of “Truth Hurts” and “Good as Hell” Lizzo delivered a sermon — a pink platform her pulpit; a giant inflatable, twerking butt an altar of sorts. “Let me talk ...

“Many writers are far, far more relevant than Scripture” to contemporary man, says the Rev. Richard McFarland of Washington’s Dumbarton Methodist Church. Accordingly, he is as likely to use a passage ...

(RNS) — The Progressive National Baptist Convention plans to use a new $1 million grant to fund a five-year training program for ministers of the historically Black denomination as they adapt their ...

This feature is only available to members. Join now for full online access. People ask me, “Why has your church grown through all these years?” I’m going to answer the question in a way I think will ...