3+ hour, 51+ min ago  (1766+ words) Such places of worship are rare. The Hartford Institute for Religion Research estimates that of the 370, 000 religious congregations in the U. S. today, only about 1% existed at the country's founding. Most of them dissolved due to internal conflicts, financial strains, aging membership…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago  (888+ words) The 106th Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Sarah Mullally (courtesy of The Church of England) Although Sarah Mullally, 63, formally became archbishop in January, Wednesday's event marked the beginning of her public ministry as both the head of the Church of…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1251+ words) CHARLOTTE, N. C. (RNS) " The presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church is tired of hearing that his church is doomed. The denomination has lost about half of its baptized membership since the 1960s, declining to about 1. 5 million adherents today, and still faces shrinking…...

4+ mon, 21+ hour ago  (608+ words) The 106th Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Sarah Mullally (courtesy of the Church of England) Mullally, 63, became the archbishop of Canterbury, making her the first woman to lead the Church of England. The worldwide Anglican Communion, which includes the Episcopal…...

4+ mon, 5+ day ago  (1208+ words) MINNEAPOLIS (RNS) " As she stood at the pulpit at Westminster Presbyterian Church on Thursday (Jan. 22), the Rev. Rebecca Voelkel, a United Church of Christ minister, looked out at the packed sanctuary with tears in her eyes. Far from the typical…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (365+ words) Since an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Good in Minneapolis last week, clergy in the Twin Cities have been at the forefront of efforts to protest ICE and Good's murder. But at least one Calvinist pastor on Sunday (Jan....