Emily McFarlan Miller

The United Church of Christ kicked off its “special edition” general synod on July 11 by passing a resolution declaring racism a public health crisis.

The Evangelical Covenant Church became the latest Protestant denomination in the United States to repudiate the doctrine of discovery, the theological justification that allowed the discovery and d...

The Lutheran World Federation has elected the first woman to head its global communion of churches.

Five months after allegations of past sexual abuse first were made against him, the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago has concluded there is “insufficient reason to suspect” Michael Pfleger is guilty...

The Episcopal Diocese of Chicago has postponed the consecration and ordination of Paula E....

When the unfamiliar pop-up touting a new feature appeared on Robert P. Jones’s Facebook feed, the CEO and founder of the Public Religion Research Institute posted a screen grab to Twitter.

In February, President Joe Biden signed an executive order saying he would “begin the hard work of restoring our refugee admissions program.”

Waya Brown, barefoot and clad in a flicker-feather headdress and red-tailed hawk cape, waved a handful of feathers toward the ground.

For two days in February, an openly queer Christian artist had the top Christian album on iTunes.

Roy Speckhardt announced on February 5 that he is stepping down from his position as executive director of the American Humanist Association.

They’re not just on friends’ and family members’ Facebook pages or in weird corners of the internet.

The flags emblazoned with “Jesus 2020” and the cross, the most easily recognizable symbol of Christianity, were hard to miss amid the mob of Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol on January 6....

In 2020, we celebrated holidays at home amid the COVID-19 pandemic. We worked at home, attended school at home, even attended worship services at home.

The Episcopal Diocese of Chicago has elected Paula E. Clark as its next bishop. She will be both the first African Ameri­can and the first woman to serve as diocesan bishop in Chicago.

William Bobby McClain, a longtime leader in the United Methodist Church and the civil rights movement, died November 18 at age 82.

As an American child growing up in Belgium and France, Laura Laurie mostly learned about American history from the popular American Girl books....

An Episcopal priest who volunteers at an Immigration and Customs En­forcement detention center in Georgia has said allegations of medical neglect and a high rate of hysterectomies at the facility a...

Influential pastor Charles Stanley is stepping down from his role at First Baptist Church in Atlanta after more than 50 years.

The board of Liberty Univer­sity has accepted the resignation of its president, Jerry Falwell Jr., after a roller-coaster day in which Falwell resigned, then withdrew his resignation, then resigned...

Speaking before a crowd at Fort McHenry National Monument in Balti­more on August 26, Vice President Mike Pence, a self-described “born-again, evangelical Catholic,” sprinkled his address to the Re...