The first thing I notice when I ease into my seat is her hair. Except for the long months of the seemingly endless pandemic, I’ve been sitting behind Deidre Worthington for close to 20 years. Although ...

America's faith communities are showing signs of recovery, including reports of attendance growth at Kitsap County churches.

Certain assumptions have long been made about what makes for the strongest congregational life—for example, that megachurches provide the best worship experience or that the best churches generally ...

I’m returning to church. OK. I admit that’s a whopper, because I never really left. But there is some truth to it. I am returning to congregational pastoral ministry July 1 at Franconia Mennonite ...

“We need to mute you now so that we can sing together.” “As a cantor who has dedicated my life to communal singing, pressing the mute button is so unnatural,” said Cantor Rayna Green. “I miss the ...

Early in 1914, a small group of New Englanders who had migrated south to the relatively booming scene in Asheville found that there was no church in their new city that was progressive enough and ...