Hurricane Helene caused unprecedented damage in the mountain region of Western North Carolina, where hurricane-level rainfall is rare and only 4% of residents have flood insurance. The September storm destroyed about 4,400 homes and damaged 185,000.

At a meeting week, members of Columbus Mennonite Church in Ohio gathered to figure out how they might respond to President-elect Trump’s call to enact “the largest deportation” in U.S. history. The church has long been a part of the sanctuary movement, which offers shelter for undocumented immigrants.

His electrifying sermon on the power of love at the 2018 royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle may be the highlight. But Michael Curry may also be remembered for a capacity to keep the main thing the main thing.

Congregants at Conetoe Chapel Missionary Baptist Church thought their pastor was crazy when he suggested his rural community take up farming as a way to improve their health and become more self-sufficient.

At its 2024 synod in June, the Christian Reformed Church instructed LGBTQ-affirming congregations to repent and comply with the denomination’s beliefs on sexuality. Some are now choosing to leave.

Robinson has spent years cultivating Black and white evangelical church members with a message that aligns closely with their conservative values. Those church members still think highly of him.

The new denomination, with 4,715 congregations, will meet to adopt a constitution and iron out its governance structure.

Summers are often a time when congregations send out people to far off missions work. The state’s Southern Baptists envisioned something closer to home.