Adelle M. Banks

The new movie 12 Years a Slave may depict a bygone era in American history, but religious leaders hope it might spark increased attention about...

As the government shutdown enters its second week, some religious groups are starting to feel the pinch, and they're also finding ways to reach...

Eugene Allen served eight presidents as a White House butler, and his legendary career is the inspiration for Lee Daniels’ The Butler.

More than 1,200 people have signed an online petition decrying the "silence" and "inattention" of evangelical leaders to sexual abuse in their...

A fledgling organization that opposed the Boys Scouts of America's decision to accept openly gay Scouts announced Tuesday it will launch an...

Just days after the Obama administration issued final rules to religious groups for its contraception mandate, a broad coalition spearheaded by...

As friends and families reel from the news that 19 elite firefighters died battling an Arizona wildfire Sunday, the work of some of their spiritual...

Southern Baptists overwhelmingly voted Wednesday to stand with churches and families that drop ties with the Boy Scouts of America over its...

In a generational changing of the guard, Southern Baptists are gaining a new advocate for their values in Washington and around the country as...

Now that Boy Scout delegates have taken their long-awaited vote and permitted openly gay Scouts, will there be a mass exodus by religious groups?

They have pledges. They have merit badges. And they may go camping. But they're not the Boy Scouts.

Conservative and liberal religious leaders may not agree on much, but both are expressing displeasure with the Boy Scouts' proposal to accept gay...

Secretary of State John Kerry is calling for the release of an Iranian-American minister from a Tehran prison, a welcome step for advocates who had...

Religious freedom activists scolded the U.S. State Department for not appearing at a hearing Friday on Iran's treatment of religious minorities,...

Gabrielle Douglas, who walked away with the gymnastic gold at the London Olympics, is out with her first book: "Grace, Gold & Glory: My Leap of...

As Veterans Day approaches, denominational leaders and chaplains with years of military service are calling on more churches to find ways to...

A professor who was fired in July by the Interdenominational Theological Center says the Atlanta consortium of black seminaries discriminated...

President Obama's support for gay marriage, followed quickly by the NAACP's, has put some black clergy in a bind, torn between their political...