Minorities prop up church-going
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The decline in church congregations has been slowed by people from ethnic minorities, according to a survey.
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Some are Catholics who see their church as stuck in the past. Others are believers who happen to be divorced, pregnant before marriage or gay. A few just can't find a priest when they need one.
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To help promote spiritual growth, a mood of levity invades a realm once known more for hard pews than hard laughs.
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Church attendance rockets in rural parishes over Christmas but rises only a "meagre" amount in the cities, according to a study.
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Bested by a Republican campaign emphasizing Christian faith, some Democrats are stepping up efforts to organize the "religious left."
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By Marvin Read, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Mar. 10--To say that the Rev. Gary Fearn's church is not mainstream is an understatement.
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In voter registration drives, sermons and voter guides, religious groups from across the ideological spectrum have intensified the level of their political activity this year, prompted in part by right-left culture clashes and the legacy of the tight presidential race in 2000.
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The Republican presidential candidate tries to assuage thousands of conservative Christians that he is one among them.
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As customers flock to buy brightly colored baubles and flashing lights, some church leaders hope the new interest in Christmas will lead to interest in Christianity.
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Established by immigrants and self-governed by a lay board that manages its assets, St. Stanislaus Kostka Catholic Church has been a place where Polish-Americans in St. Louis have nurtured their faith for 125 years.
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A new church building in Houston has become the focal point of what some architects are calling a revival of traditional religious architecture in the United States.
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The Hungarian Catholic Church has about 90 members but draws several hundred of people on third Sundays when goulash, cabbage and Hungarian pastries are served.
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A growing number of Protestant evangelists raise a joyful Yes! But the idea is poison to many mainstream pastors
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Some 20,000 are expected in Atlanta this week to show that they can work together despite political and religious divisions.
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A new group called Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good said yesterday that it will distribute at least 1 million voter guides before the Nov. 7 elections, emphasizing church teachings on war, poverty and social justice as well as on abortion, contraception and homosexuality.
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Baptist groups are meeting to try to mend old fractures  and present a more diverse and moderate image.
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With spirited preaching and conservative teaching, the South is giving the faith a new flavor