Cities in the Southeast have the highest percentage of churchgoers and self-identified Christians while cities in the Northeast and Northwest contain the greatest percentage of
WASHINGTON — The United Methodist Church’s (UMC) public policy agency can advocate on causes beyond alcoholism and temperance without violating the terms of its endowment,
WASHINGTON — The number of people in the U.S. military who have committed suicide has increased dramatically in recent years, with the Army alone battling
Indian gambling is a multibillion dollar business in America. Reports show this industry began being regulated in 1987 when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in
While newspapers carried headlines about high-profile sexual coercion lawsuits filed against Atlanta megachurch pastor Eddie Long, a Baptist researcher said the problem of clergy sexual
NASHVILLE — Molly Norris, the editorial cartoonist who suffered a significant backlash to her “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day” cartoon, has gone into hiding. “The gifted
WASHINGTON — America’s Eastern Orthodox parishes have grown 16 percent in the past decade, in part because of a settled immigrant community, according to new