Congregations facing closure or downsizing must think about more than maximizing profits from the sale of facilities and other assets, social entrepreneur and church finance expert Mark Elsdon said.

This Sunday, a biologically male pastor at a United Methodist Church in upstate New York announced that he no longer considers himself to be a man and that he is embracing a new identity as a woman.

In Florence, Italy, last month, Pope Francis addressed the Italian church and gave a bracing, 50-minute exhortation on how integral change is to a healthy life of the church. "Before the problems of ...

The longtime pastor of the largest multi-site Southern Baptist church in Tennessee will step down at the end of the year to head a new church planting initiative. “It’s time. You need a new voice,” ...

ASHLAND – The Rev. Dan Allan has exited center stage at Grace Church in Ashland after 32 years as its senior pastor, but he will remain in a supportive ministry role at the church alongside the newly ...

Across Chicago, the number of Catholics is dwindling. In just a few decades, those identifying with the faith have dropped by hundreds of thousands, according to data from the Archdiocese of Chicago, ...

There has been a smooth transition at Life Church, an Assemblies of God Fellowship, during the months of July and August. A retirement celebration was held for Pastor Paul Furrow and his wife Shirley ...

In ministry, we must run the race, but run it keeping in mind those who have run before us and those who will run after us. Countless times the Bible identifies God as “the God of Abraham, Isaac and ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The lead pastors at James River Church announced they will be stepping down to allow their children and their spouses to take over leadership at the church. John and Debbie Lindell ...