From 2020 to 2022, more than 900 women and men entered religious life in the U.S. Of that number, 403 were women, said Sister Debbie Borneman, director of member relations and services at the National Religious Vocation Conference, a professional organization for vocation directors.

Evangelical churches seem to be the most dedicated to pursuing families as members — or creating families out of their single members.

This changing class of Generation Z and millennial aspirants is prompting religious communities — often anchored in decades if not centuries of tradition — to rethink what it means to mentor and walk alongside these young men as they discern their calling.

While the numbers of priests and nuns have declined in recent decades, many millennials and Gen Zers still find a calling to religious life in the Catholic Church, even if the path to discernment has changed.

If you are on a search committee in a mainline Protestant church, or a denominational administrator trying to find pulpit-supply clergy, you probably already know this: The job market for pastors is a train wreck. 

Young people, youth pastors say, are pushing the church to be more willing to talk about mental health.

Catholic nuns in the Philadelphia area are preparing for Sunday's Super Bowl between their beloved Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs with prayer (and a few small wagers).

In recent years, an influx of transplants have made Pennsylvania’s "Bible Belt" less religiously observant and more politically diverse.