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When James Lee met with a core group of people to start a new church, the group began by reading the book of Acts, recalling how the Holy Spirit visited that other small gathering of disciples 2,000 ...

KEARNS, Utah — When The Point Church in Kearns started as a historically black church known as New Pilgrim Baptist in 1922, census data shows African Americans made up less than .5% of Utah's ...

When they answered their call to the ministry, co-pastors Laurel and Colin Mathewson could never have anticipated what happened next — and how it influenced their Christmas celebrations. On Christmas ...

Volunteers serve food for needy families every day in the basement of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Elgin. A startlingly multicultural collection of local churches and civic groups use the kitchen ...

Why local congregations should embrace the music and prayers of other church traditions. As a child, I attended a Catholic parish with my mom, my grandmother, and eventually my whole family. Then, ...

When Pastor Kevin VanHook, 62, arrived at St. Peter’s Baptist Church in Victoria in 2009, the building had burned down. With a strong campaign, the church had a new building by 2011. VanHook was born ...

While reading “Friendships Form as Black and White Churches Integrate” (May 27), on the diverse congregation at the Church of Christ of Cypress, I immediately thought about the unique congregation at ...

In the contemporary world, the Catholic Church has been seen as a monolithic community with a narrow worldview. This perception seems justified at times, as the Church can function in a closed-in, ...