A record number of people left the Catholic Church in Germany last year, according to just released figures from the German Bishops’ Conference (DBK). In total, 522,821 people disaffiliated, a 44% ...

A man accused of killing one person and injuring five others in a 2022 shooting at a church in California’s Orange County has been indicted by a grand jury on federal charges, including those alleging ...

SBC Annual Church Profile for 2022 shows yet another year of decline in membership and number of churches, while gains in giving and baptisms. Drop in membership numbers due in part to updated church ...

Note: This article was updated March 3 to correct the year Southern Baptist membership peaked. The Southern Baptist Convention lost 1,253 congregations in 2022, the most recent year on record, its ...

ROCHESTER — A Rochester woman who was charged with arson in connection with a 2022 church fire was sentenced to 180 days in jail and five years of supervised probation. Sesen Tesfay, 24, was charged ...

After 105 years of service, St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church in Two Creeks closed on Nov. 20, 2022. The country church witnessed countless baptisms, confirmations, weddings, funerals, worship and ...

A judge on Monday sentenced Marc Ward to life in prison after a jury found him guilty in March of using a truck to strike and kill a 61-year-old security guard in the parking lot of Calvary Church in ...

Current and former members of Jonesboro's First United Methodist Church have agreed to settle the litigation that had entangled one of the denomination's largest U.S. congregations. The agreement, ...

A Dec. 27, 2024, Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows a chaotic and noisy scene on a street, with people shouting and throwing stones as emergency sirens sound in the background.