Ever wanted to get paid to go to church? That's exactly what church research firm Faith Perceptions has been doing at more than 115 churches over the past three years. Modeled after mystery shopper ...

MOLINE -- Hearing about local well-known music minister Scott Schaefer's latest Quad Cities Prayer Center creation left me humming the hymn "What a friend we have in Jesus." Creative Christmas ...

Church members at a Disability Activity Program — Orem Central event smile for a picture. These events happen weekly on Thursday nights. (DAP Orem Central) Every Thursday night of the school year, the ...

With fewer pastors available, the Northwestern Minnesota Synod’s SAM program trains members to lead their own churches, helping rural congregations stay open. Liz Stone of Calvary Lutheran Church in ...

Franklin gave a total of $420 to an after-school program and summer camp housed at her congregation, Clark Road Missionary Baptist Church in Gary. She defended the gifts, saying churches and ...

SHEBOYGAN – United Church Men & Women is hosting a two-day program Oct. 30-31 to celebrate scholarship recipients, community ministries and the power of music to bring congregations together. The ...

Florida pastor Melvin Adams knows a few hours of church programming every week is no match for the more than 30 hours children spend at secular schools, absorbing lessons that he says run counter to ...

When Palo Alto invited local churches to open their parking lots to people who live in their cars, city leaders and residents saw it as a modest solution to the colossal problem of homelessness. While ...