Bob Smietana

Following the unexpected death of Pastor Darrin Patrick, a fund has been set up for the grieving family.

Megachurch pastor and author Darrin Patrick passed away over the weekend from what appears to be a "self-inflicted gunshot wound," according to a...

Willow Creek Community Church announced its new senior pastor on Wednesday, a megachurch pastor from Michigan, David Dummitt.

A pastor for Life.Church has been put in quarantine after being in contact with someone who tested positive for coronavirus.

Roy Larson, director of the Garrett-Medill Center for Religion and the News Media, died this week at the age of 90.

The debate over the need for Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Council is healthy as ever. While some believe the...

Despite pastors threatening to boycott a major pastors conference over a scheduled spoken word performance by female teaching pastor Hosana Wong,...

Emerson Eggerichs' book says that what women need is love and what men desire is respect. A Christian blogger has taken issue with the book's...

Eric Metaxas might be the most perplexing evangelical in America. A best-selling author and nationally syndicated radio host, Metaxas spent his...

Most Americans still say they believe in God, but their involvement in organized religion continues to wane.

Ronnie Floyd, an Arkansas megachurch pastor and former Southern Baptist Convention president, has been elected to head the denomination’s Executive...

Former Southern Baptist Convention President Ronnie Floyd has been nominated to lead the denomination’s Executive Committee, based in Nashville,...

J.D. Greear, president of the Southern Baptist Convention, said the denomination’s Executive Committee should immediately investigate 10 churches...

Steve Carter was supposed to be in front of his congregation interviewing Ira Glass, the famed NPR journalist and host of “This American Life.”

If you haven’t noticed, American evangelicals have a fascination with the end of the world.

When Americans count their blessings at Thanksgiving, God will get most of the credit. And money might be the last thing on their minds.

Two-thirds of Protestant pastors say they encourage church members to ask their neighbors to a church-related event like a fall fair or...

Most Protestant pastors go to jail, at least for a visit, and want to help prisoners and their families. But their churches often lack the training...