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These houses of worship are older than America. How they outlasted wars, schisms and lawsuits

(RNS) — On Ash Wednesday this year, about a dozen people attended a noon service at Boston’s Old North Church, founded in 1723.

 

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New pipe organ signals rebirth for Episcopal parish after fire, flood and ‘plague’

NEW YORK (RNS) — The organ arrived from Utah on a warm August morning. Greeted by holy water, incense and slide whistles, it came in a 53-foot-long truck that was double-parked on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.

 

Photographer Gordon Parks’ religious images displayed in DC exhibition

WASHINGTON (RNS) — A new exhibition of the work of Gordon Parks, a photographer renowned for documenting African American life, turns its focus on Parks’ exploration of Black religion and spirituality.

 

US military chaplaincy marks 250 years of providing spiritual support to service members

(RNS) — In 1775, a year before there was a United States and six weeks after the Continental Army was formed, George Washington made a declaration that has shaped the military ever since.

 

An interfaith group’s 1950s MLK comic book remains a prominent nonviolence teaching tool

(RNS) — At cross-cultural gatherings in Bethlehem, West Bank, groups of children and adults turn to a 67-year-old, colorful comic book with the Rev.

 

Preaching to polarized congregations: A responsibility and a challenge, clergy say

(RNS) — The Rev. Susan Sparks, a minister and a professional comedian, uses humor in her sermons to help her American Baptist congregation in New York City consider ways to approach those with whom they disagree.

 

Across races, religions, coalitions organize for solidarity

(RNS) — Rachel Prestipino knows how segregated Miami can be every day, including Sunday: “It’s not just at 11 a.m.”

 

Multiracial churches growing, challenge for clergy of color

KELLER, Texas (RNS) — For four hours at a megachurch outside of Dallas, pastors of color shared their personal stories of leading a multiethnic church.

 

Reparations and Religion: 50 years after ‘Black Manifesto’

Fifty years ago, civil rights activist James Forman interrupted the Sunday worship service at the august Riverside Church in New York City.