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137 storiesChristian Bale opens foster village to keep siblings together
Actor Christian Bale opened Together California, a twelve-home foster village in Palmdale designed to keep siblings together, after nearly two decades of work on the project.
Episcopal nonprofit distributes $2.75 million in reparations across Massachusetts
Episcopal City Mission distributed $2.75 million in reparations to 25 Massachusetts organizations working on racial and economic justice.
Former Amish graduate finds her way through college
Emma Miller sobbed at her San Diego State University graduation when asked to thank her parents, who were not present—a moment that captures the complicated cost of education for t…
Biblical archaeology expands beyond ancient Israel into new regions
Biblical archaeology has expanded geographically into regions like the Caucasus, Arabian Peninsula, and East Africa, while developing new methodologies to study daily life in antiq…
Scholar examines Cornelius the centurion through Luke's Acts account
An article examines Cornelius the centurion from Acts 10–11, whose conversion demonstrated that salvation extended to gentiles and shaped early Christianity's expansion.
Florida diocese elects bishop after healing from years of division
The Diocese of Florida elected the Rev. J. Randolph Alexander Jr. as bishop on September 11, concluding a healing process after years of division under the previous bishop.
Tori Kelly performs faith album at NPR Tiny Desk
Tori Kelly performed six songs from her latest album God Must Really Love Me on NPR's Tiny Desk alongside an all-woman band.
Johnny Cash's 1976 Christian comic book returns after 50 years
A 1976 evangelical comic book about Johnny Cash drawn by the Archie Comics artist Al Hartley is being reissued for its 50th anniversary by Z2 Comics.
Episcopal Church updates Sacred Ground curriculum for racial reconciliation work
The Episcopal Church released a revised Sacred Ground curriculum addressing racism and the church's historical complicity, incorporating new documentaries and flexible reading opti…
Scott Stapp pauses Creed set to speak faith at Iowa festival
Scott Stapp paused Creed's set at an Iowa rock festival to speak about faith, surrender to God, and his recovery from alcoholism before singing a verse from Brandon Lake's worship…
Episcopal Church marks 50 years of pursuing LGBTQ+ inclusion
The Episcopal Church gathered nearly 200 participants in Minneapolis to mark fifty years of pursuing full inclusion of LGBTQ+ persons and to record the church's journey toward livi…
Episcopalians gather to mark 50 years of LGBTQ+ inclusion
Episcopal Church members gathered in Minneapolis to mark fifty years of pursuing full inclusion of LGBTQ+ people since the denomination's historic 1976 resolution.
SEU Worship finds joy as the substance, not the reward
SEU Worship released Found in the Field, a live album centered on reframing the cost of following Jesus as joy rather than as suffering rewarded later.
Missionary reflects on three decades of ministry in Muslim-majority Turkmenistan
After 30 years as a missionary in Turkmenistan, Fr. Andrzej Madej told Vatican News his ministry was built on relationships of respect and peace.
Episcopal diocese funds Indigenous canoe carving to preserve tribal culture
The Diocese of Eastern Oregon supported Caretakers of the Land in carving a dugout canoe to preserve Indigenous cultural knowledge and promote intergenerational healing among triba…
Houston church plans bilingual Latin American music service for migrants
Trinity Episcopal Church in Houston will host a bilingual Latin American music service on September 6 to celebrate its rector's 30th ordination anniversary and pray for migrants fa…
Engineer and economist launch A Rocha Singapore
Engineer Phillip Wang and economist Gail Lien founded A Rocha Singapore after discovering their Christian faith calls them to steward creation alongside evangelism and social care.
Sixty baptisms mark A Rocha's pond at restored Czech mill
Four evangelical churches have baptized approximately sixty young people at a biodiversity pond on the grounds of A Rocha Česko's environmental centre in the Czech Republic.
A Rocha organizations mobilize thousands for coastal cleanups
A Rocha organizations worldwide mobilized thousands of volunteers for coastal and underwater cleanups in September, removing tons of plastic waste while partnering with churches, s…
Global churches adopt Creation Sunday as annual festival
Churches from Eastern Orthodox to Roman Catholic to Pentecostal traditions have agreed to mark the first Sunday in September as Creation Sunday, celebrating God as Creator and the…
Gable Price stops hiding faith in his songwriting
After years of deflecting questions about whether his band was Christian, musician Gable Price decided to stop hiding his faith in his songwriting and openly identify as a Christia…
Mosaic inscription reveals early Byzantine elder care facility
A mosaic inscription discovered at Hippos-Sussita near the Sea of Galilee provides the earliest archaeological evidence of a Byzantine elder care facility dating to the late fourth…
Urfa, Turkey: archaeological hub of Abraham's world
Urfa in southeastern Turkey preserves archaeological sites central to Abraham and early Christianity, from the Cave of Abraham to ancient Edessa and the 12,000-year-old Göbekli Tep…
Northern Michigan bishop leads annual blessing for migrating monarchs
About 100 Episcopalians and Lutherans blessed monarch butterflies at Peninsula Point Lighthouse as they began their migration to Mexico, combining spiritual practice with education…