When the Episcopal Church recently announced cuts to its national staff, it was the latest in a long-running cycle among historic U.S. Protestant denominations — declines in members leading to ...

American Protestantism is becoming “post-denominational.” So observes Mark Tooley, president of the Institute on Religion and Democracy, who thinks it likely that many denominations will just cease to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The nation's largest group of Black Protestants is meeting this week for a high-stakes gathering that could thrust the ...

The Rev. Boise Kimber, at podium, president-elect of the National Baptist Convention, USA, addresses the group's annual meeting at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Md., on Thursday, Sept.

When the African Methodist Episcopal Church, arguably the world’s largest independent Black Protestant denomination, held its quadrennial General Conference in Ohio in August, among the agenda items ...

Are the “Nones” rising? I love a good contrarian take, especially one that challenges my understanding of the world, which is ...

The fight to allow same-sex marriage and gay clergy has defined much of the last half-century for major mainline Protestant denominations in the U.S., mirroring in many ways the broader fight for ...

Given the history of opposition to the ordination of women, it may come as little surprise to learn that mainline Protestant women clergy are some of the strongest voices supporting marginalized ...

One-fifth of United Methodist congregations in the United States have received permission to leave the denomination over disagreements over same-sex marriage and gay preachers. In annual conferences ...