Congregations facing closure or downsizing must think about more than maximizing profits from the sale of facilities and other assets, social entrepreneur and church finance expert Mark Elsdon said.

In Florence, Italy, last month, Pope Francis addressed the Italian church and gave a bracing, 50-minute exhortation on how integral change is to a healthy life of the church. "Before the problems of ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The lead pastors at James River Church announced they will be stepping down to allow their children and their spouses to take over leadership at the church. John and Debbie Lindell ...

WALPOLE, N.H. -- Barbara Vaile, lay leader at the Walpole Unitarian Church, will present "Transition Church," as her service topic on Sunday, Nov. 8, beginning at 10 a.m. The church is located at the ...

The Rev. Janet Boyd-Weidler likes challenges. And she has found plenty of them as an interim pastor for the United Church of Christ. Boyd-Weidler began serving Sept. 1 as interim pastor at First ...