worship
Why students at a Kentucky Christian school are praying and singing round the clock
By Bob Smietana — February 14, 2023
(RNS) — Students have packed the chapel and overflow spaces at Asbury University for nearly a week, holding round-the-clock prayer and worship.
Does the state of Israel still have a prayer?
By Jeffrey Salkin — January 9, 2023
(RNS) — I love Israel. Its current government — not at all. I pray that it changes, or that its policies change. Too much is at stake.
Exvangelical TikTok worship parodies bring unexpected healing
By Kathryn Post — January 9, 2023
(RNS) — Using troubling quotes from the Bible, Prezleigh and Joshua Colburn write worship parodies under the name 'Trysten & Sayge.'
Southern Baptists change direction on sexual abuse after years of delay
By Bob Smietana — June 17, 2022
(RNS) — The recently concluded SBC meeting swung between worship and bickering as more than 10,000 Southern Baptists gathered in California to address sexual abuse.
Streaming online has been a boon for churches, a godsend for isolated
By Bob Smietana and Elizabeth E. Evans — February 1, 2022
There's been a lot of bad news about churches in recent years. Online church has been one bright spot.
Reader: What do you think of responsive readings? Congregation: Yawn
By Jeffrey Salkin — January 11, 2022
(RNS) — If you have ever found responsive readings to be boring ...
Answering questions on Latin Mass, Vatican decries ‘sterile polemics’
By Claire Giangravé — December 18, 2021
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The Catholic Church's department for worship laid out the rationale for a July decree reversing Pope Benedict XVI's rules for the pre-Vatican II rite.
Debbie Friedman is still singing
By Jeffrey Salkin — January 26, 2021
No one changed modern worship like Debbie. May her memory be a blessing.
Biden says Americans can worship in person ‘safely.’ But what does that mean?
By Jack Jenkins — November 24, 2020
WASHINGTON (RNS) — When asked by a reporter whether Americans should be able to attend religious services despite the ongoing pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus, the president-elect responded, ‘Yes, safely.’
Do American Jews have a prayer during COVID?
By Jeffrey Salkin — August 10, 2020
(RNS) — No, American Jews do not worship as much as other Americans. But there is more to the story than that.
Three California churches sue Gov. Newsom for ban on singing in places of worship
By Adelle M. Banks — July 16, 2020
(RNS) — ‘Banning singing in California churches is an unconstitutional abuse of power,’ said a lawyer representing three churches.
Shunning online services, some clergy preach ‘abstinence’ from gathered worship
By Adelle M. Banks — April 9, 2020
(RNS) — A Missouri pastor said, ‘we don’t believe that a live stream is a real, actual substitute for a church gathering.’
Imagine when COVID-19 is over
By Jeffrey Salkin — March 24, 2020
The day after. A fantasy, and a prayer.
Nashville church worships in the rubble after deadly tornado
By Kristin Hall — March 9, 2020
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — 'Nashville is now primed to show the world what we’re made of,' the pastor of Mount Bethel Missionary Baptist Church told his congregants Sunday as they met in a tent on their storm-ravaged campus. And the people responded, 'Amen.'
Kanye West says he’ll bring ‘Sunday Service’ to Coachella for Easter
By Paul O'Donnell — April 8, 2019
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — West's wife, Kim Kardashian, said of Kanye's rarely seen faith-oriented act, “It’s definitely something he believes in — Jesus — and there’s a Christian vibe. But there’s no preaching.”
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