President of National Baptist Convention, USA, which is the nation's largest Black Protestant denomination and is headquartered in Nashville, names new trustee to denomination's publishing arm. Debbie ...

When the Episcopal Church recently announced cuts to its national staff, it was the latest in a long-running cycle among historic U.S. Protestant denominations — declines in members leading to ...

Leading religious trends expert Ryan Burge is the author of a new book, “The Vanishing Church: How the Hollowing Out of Moderate Congregations Is Hurting Democracy, Faith, and Us." Republicans and ...

Hindus and Jews are much more likely to have a four-year college degree than Americans in other religious groups.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Durrell Cooper, chairman of the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma, places a Pendleton prayer blanket around African Methodist Episcopal ...

When the Episcopal Church recently announced cuts to its national staff, it was the latest in a long-running cycle among historic U.S. Protestant denominations — declines in members leading to ...

The Protestant mainline, by whatever name, was bound to make a comeback—at least as a subject of academic discourse. The “mainline” is usually identified with seven Protestant denominations, it was ...

The National Council of Churches Releases Membership Statistics. Feb. 16, 2011— -- America is the most developed nation when it comes to religion. It has a dynamic, competitive religious ...