Orthodox churches boomed during pandemic, study finds, but calls growth ‘mixed bag’

(Photo: Getty/iStock) Most American churches navigated the patchwork of COVID-19 restrictions on public gatherings by periodically closing their doors and broadcasting services online instead. But for almost half … Read More

John Lennon’s inspiration for ‘Strawberry Fields’ bears new fruit for Salvation Army

Mission director Kathy Versfeld at the famous red gates of Strawberry Field in Liverpool, England.(Photo: Catherine Pepinster) Let me take you down to Strawberry Fields— no, not the memorial … Read More

Nicaragua Taxes Tithes After Closing 1,500 Churches and Nonprofits

A series of policies recently enacted by the Nicaraguan government will significantly impact the activities of churches and ministries operating in the country. Viewed by religious freedom specialists as an … Read More

South Africa’s Brain Drain Takes Wealthy Tithers from Chur…… | News & Reporting

In the last two decades, over 400,000 South Africans have left their country to set up a new life abroad in the US, Europe, Canada, Australia, and the United Arab … Read More

‘Nightmares and Daydreams’ Fuses Jakarta’s Social Ills With the Supernatural

Indonesia is an enchanted culture full of folklore involving ghosts, demons, and djinns (shape-shifting spirits from Arabian and Muslim mythology). These stories usually involve a moral of some kind: Do … Read More

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