Sword of the Spirit Church uses a formula of intense worship and straightforward biblical teaching to change lives, pushing people to focus on God, even as they are going through hard times. Founded ...

As I travel to other churches, one item seems to arise over and over again. The attitude and action of praising God isn't where it ought to be. Some churches seem all but lost in their knowledge and ...

Pope Francis dedicated the audience to the prayer of praise, which the Catechism of the Catholic Church recognizes as one of the principal forms of prayer, alongside blessing and adoration, petition, ...

In the face of illness, death, and disability, Lamentations gives me a script for how to suffer. In 2015, my husband and I opened the doors to our church plant, Renewal Church. We celebrated the ...

Vibrant and lively is how members of the New Beginnings at 7282 Woodland Ave. would describe their worship services. At New Beginnings members are close and the pastor, the Rev. Joseph A. Conner Sr., ...

LORAIN — Friendship Baptist Church of Lorain, 2160 Reeves Ave., is preparing to celebrate seven decades of worship March 28. While its pastor, the Rev. John R. Jackson and his estimated 500 ...

Christians often act like they are "going to a funeral procession rather than to praise God," Pope Francis declared, urging believers to spend time praising God so they are not slaves to their sorrows ...

Through worship, they can connect to the global body of Christ. English is the first thing you notice at Hillsong Berlin. The church was meeting at the Kino in der Kulturbrauerei—a movie theater in a ...

Six women, dressed in flowing white skirts and purple tunics, move gently to the recorded music that echoes through the Tacoma, Wash., sanctuary. Their white-gloved hands and ballet-slippered feet ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

At snack time today my older two children came to get me, complaining of bad hunger pains. In fact, one of them made very clear that he was starving, not just hungry. We only had moments left to get ...

As I travel to other churches, one item seems to arise over and over again. The attitude and action of praising God isn't where it ought to be. Some churches seem all but lost in their knowledge and ...