Bob Smietana

A new survey found most Protestant senior pastors seldom address domestic violence from the pulpit.

A handful of members of Hillview Baptist Church prayed their pews would be filled with worshipers. Those prayers were finally answered, as more...

"When the title is almost a doctrinal statement, the audience will come out." Films with a more subtle faith message may not do as well.

Most songwriters want to get their songs on the radio. Keith and Kristyn Getty hope their songs end up in dusty old hymnbooks.

A Tennessee pharmacist and a Baptist church deacon who lost his job after an ongoing dispute over selling Plan B contraception has sued his former...

A Tennessee judge should not have barred a couple from naming their child "Messiah," said the executive director of the American Civil Liberties...

For the Rev. Ernest Easley, the decision to cut ties with the Boy Scouts was simple. The Bible says homosexuality is a sin. The Boy Scouts do not.

Mental illness and suicide were taboo topics for many churches, seen as a kind of spiritual failure. But that may be starting to change.

Most pastors' conferences are flashy events with rock bands and presentations from megachurch pastors who talk about their great successes, usually...