The Rev. Nancy Purcell is pastor of Unity in the Seven Hills.

Brian K. Blount took the reins this week for leadership of Richmond’s Union Theological Seminary and Presbyterian School of Christian Education.

Gleaning for the World, a Concord-based agency, is working with a coalition of Christian nonprofits to help survivors of the cyclone in the former Burma.

In a rare moment, leaders from different faiths meet deep in the heart of a conservative Muslim sheikdom.

It’s time for the attitude that evangelicals are ignorant changed, according to Boston University sociologist Peter Berger, who is working on a study of the ‘evangelical intelligensia.‘

A new book claims Dr. Seuss stories are parables, but the author’s widow is silent.

Robin Cook is pastor of Let Go of the Pain Ministry.

A review of records gives a glimpse into the culture of a polygamist sect.

A higher court decision puts a Northern Arapaho tribal member back in court for shooting a bald eagle for religious purposes.

State and local government leaders participated in a National Day of Prayer event on the state Capitol grounds yesterday that attracted a diverse crowd of about 100.

A local effort to get medical supplies and shoes to Africa has won support from Oprah’s Big Give.

A search for doughnuts led to the unexpected for some Liberty University students and a doughnut shop owner.

When Pope Benedict XVI steps onto the field at Nationals Park on Thursday, chances are good he’ll hear a deafening roar of approval from the friendly crowd.

Special service
WHAT: Communitywide
service honoring Virginia Tech
WHEN: 7:30 p.m., April 16
WHERE: Timberlake United Methodist Church, 21649 Timberlake Road

The Rev. Adam White is chaplain of Sweet Briar College.

ScottZion Baptist Church is constructing a $1.5 million new church across the street from its current quarters.

‘The Pilgrim’ will come to St. John’s Episcopal Church.

Thou shall not create new sins.

The Rev. Marion Kanour is rector of St. Barnabas and Trinity Episcopal Churches.

Fort Hill United Methodist Church, which began 100 years ago, began as a Sunday school that met in an old saloon. Church members celebrated the anniversary last Sunday by re-enacting - some in period costume - the meeting at which the Sunday school members formally organized as a church.

Bodies surround the stage, swaying to the music. A young man chants “my savior” under his breath, tears streaming from his eyes. The air is charged with raw energy.

Last year, Agudath Sholom Synagogue on Langhorne Road replaced its incandescent light bulbs with compact fluorescents.

‘I am a Christian pacifist,” states Duke Divinity School professor Stanley Hauerwas, who was named by Time magazine as “America’s best theologian” in 2001 (a label he disdains, by the way).