Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X WILKES-BARRE – Growing up, Dan White’s favorite movie was Disney’s The Lion King. As a child, ...

Joe Phillips writes his “Dear me” columns for several small newspapers. He has many connections to Walker County, including ...

Kevin Mills grew up at Vineville Baptist Church in Macon. He attended the traditional worship services with his family and friends. Folks dressed in their “Sunday best,” sat in the pews and admired ...

Religious texts are the backbone of faith and help followers put their beliefs into action. These teachings are interpreted during worship services through sermons, messages and readings, but also ...

The Rev. Virginia Lohmann Bauman equates the church to a "delivery system" for the Gospel. She knows that sometimes that system must adapt to reach people, especially when it comes to worship music.

West End Baptist Church, a century-old fortress of God, seemed headed to a bitter end. Once, in the mid-1960s, the Houston Heights church boasted some 2,000 worshipers. It was a leader in Christian ...

How the keeper of the beat is adapting to shifts in worship music. It was a church drummer’s worst nightmare. In the middle of a service, David Wagner was playing “Heaven Invade” with his worship band ...

Editor's Note: This is the second of two parts examing how churches balance tradition and new ideas. CEDAR FALLS - In churches across America, ushers distribute bulletins and smiles. On a recent ...

Her teachings pushed us beyond worship wars and individualism with keen observations, a generous spirit, and an otherworldly devotion to Jesus. When a mentor saw me struggling with worship in our ...

A multimillion-dollar renovation at West End Baptist Church, a more than 110-year-old campus at 802 Shepherd Drive in Houston's Rice Military Area, is complete and set to make its official debut next ...

The landscape of faith is shifting, particularly among Millennials and Gen Z. While many in these generations express a desire for spiritual connection and community, traditional church structures and ...

“Awake” — the first studio album in 15 years from popular Christian collective Hillsong Worship — didn’t come without struggle. Recording in their defacto home city of Sydney, Australia, a “freak ...