The inability of the church to discuss a topic that has become taboo among many Christians is one of the root causes why millions of Americans are leaving the church and never to return, says one ...

Some of the country's largest mainline denominations are stepping up efforts to fight membership decline, partly by diversifying their predominantly white ...

The number of persons vying for the top position of the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denomination in the country, has expanded to five this week, with Johnny M. Hunt announced as the latest to join the ...

The African Methodist Episcopal Church will hold its convention in St. Louis this summer despite boycott pleas by local blacks unhappy with the city's white ...

Delegates representing the 11.5-million member United Methodist Church (UMC) closed on Friday a 10-day meeting that was relatively calm despite contentious ...