In celebration of the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund is commemorating the occasion by granting ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — One of the Lowcountry's oldest churches is getting a much overdue repair job. Some of the needed repairs date back centuries. "It was founded in 1809 as a congregation and ...

Several historic Black churches served as safe havens for enslaved individuals fleeing via the Underground Railroad and hosted community and political rallies during the Jim Crow and civil rights eras ...

What are the chances that churches could devote 50% of their budgets for missions? Some prove that it is possible to grow ...

A historic church in Cleveland is among many institutions worried about how potential federal funding reductions could affect their work in the community. The future of an important funding source ...

CLEVELAND (WJW) — Cleveland’s oldest Black Baptist church was awarded funding to help keep their doors open. Shiloh Baptist Church located on Scovill and East 55th Street was in danger of relocating ...

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's decision to change its policy on gays in the clergy continues to have a local impact, with Fargo Pontoppidan Lutheran Church creating a committee to study ...

WASHINGTON (JTA) — President George W. Bush’s first act as president, on Jan. 29, 2001, was to open an office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. Church-state separations that had hindered such ...

Last winter, Resurrection Lutheran Church was prepared to serve about 45 to 50 people at its warming shelter each night. They often served more. One night, 70 people slept at the church. Pastor Karen ...

With uncertainty surrounding SNAP benefits and the Affordable Care Act, local churches are brainstorming ways to ensure needs ...