Survey shows resilience in rural churches — and their faith leaders

These findings help paint a portrait of religious communities that have an influential role in American politics. In 2024, ...
WAVE3

Small church among many Lockport buildings underwater due to Kentucky River flooding

LOCKPORT, Ky. (WAVE) - The small town of Lockport in Henry County is dealing with major flooding from the Kentucky River. Many buildings in the town are still underwater and numerous roads are ...
The Miami Times

Can states, and a little bit of faith, convert church land into affordable housing?

Growing up in a religious family Republican state Sen. Alexis Calatayud has seen how many church communities are no longer ...
Religion News Service

For a small Charlotte church, selling some land has meant finding its soul

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (RNS) — Newell Presbyterian is part of a growing trend of declining congregations with underutilized space, excess land or deteriorating buildings that are selling or leasing some of ...
The New York Times

For Sale: Hundreds of Abandoned Churches. Great Prices. Need Work.

As church congregations across the United States wither and disappear, the buildings they leave behind are becoming private homes. By T.M. Brown When Louis Cahill was growing up in southern Virginia, ...

‘Hurt and anger’: Historic Methodist church damaged in suspected arson

LEETON, Mo. (KCTV) - The 128-year-old Leeton United Methodist Church survived a massive fire about a century ago that ...