Congregations facing closure or downsizing must think about more than maximizing profits from the sale of facilities and other assets, social entrepreneur and church finance expert Mark Elsdon said.

The longtime pastor of the largest multi-site Southern Baptist church in Tennessee will step down at the end of the year to head a new church planting initiative. “It’s time. You need a new voice,” ...

In Florence, Italy, last month, Pope Francis addressed the Italian church and gave a bracing, 50-minute exhortation on how integral change is to a healthy life of the church. "Before the problems of ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The lead pastors at James River Church announced they will be stepping down to allow their children and their spouses to take over leadership at the church. John and Debbie Lindell ...

WALPOLE, N.H. -- Barbara Vaile, lay leader at the Walpole Unitarian Church, will present "Transition Church," as her service topic on Sunday, Nov. 8, beginning at 10 a.m. The church is located at the ...

The Rev. Janet Boyd-Weidler likes challenges. And she has found plenty of them as an interim pastor for the United Church of Christ. Boyd-Weidler began serving Sept. 1 as interim pastor at First ...

All Saints-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church of Montecito is making a $65,000 donation along with a volunteer commitment toward supporting Transition House of Santa Barbara’s Three Stage Housing Program.

Stuart Heights Baptist Church announces that Senior Pastor Gary Jared will retire and transition to Pastor Emeritus effective January 1. The congregation voted simultaneously to install Dr. Brian K.