IRS says church leaders can endorse candidates
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The IRS made headlines this week with a quiet but significant policy shift: Churches can now formally endorse political candidates without risking their tax-exempt status. At first glance, this looks like a monumental change in the balance between religion and politics.
Two neighbouring churches will be turned into live music venues, despite objections from local residents.Norwich City Council has approved the applications to transform the United Reformed Church (URC) in Princes Street and St Michael at Plea in Redwell Street.
As word spread among Catholics that immigration agents were visiting places of worship to carry out deportations, the pews inside the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Church in downtown Los Angeles became less and less crowded.
Baylor University announced Wednesday it has returned a $643,401 grant from a liberal nonprofit meant to foster “inclusion and belonging
Many children may never see the inside of a church. Cultural shifts have left a generation often seeking faith, but not finding it.
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The IRS took a significant step by filing a court brief arguing pastors who endorse political candidates shouldn’t risk losing their tax exempt status
As the United Methodist Church went through a schism that resulted in more than half of all churches in Alabama leaving in the past three years, weekly attendance reports to the North Alabama Conference kept meticulous track of the precipitous decline.
After tragic floods in central Texas killed over a hundred people with many still missing, families, communities, churches, schools and others have come together to mourn, remember and honor those who were killed.