Earnest young Christian conservatives like Alex Hibbs want to reclaim their denomination and their churches for the Gospel.

(RNS) — Talk of schism in the United Methodist Church has prompted me to revisit the research I did in the 1980s as the Southern Baptist Convention was being transformed into the monolithically ...

Last week I reflected on what it was once like in rural south Georgia where Methodists and Baptists largely controlled the religious playing field between them. The dynamics between these two ...

When it comes to religion, Polk County has been typical of most Southern counties. Because of the simplicity of their worship, the decentralized nature of their governance and an uncomplicated ...