Faith is not a neutral noun in the 21st century. Faith is used as a swift demonizer by the media. Faith is abused as a polarizing weapon in political platforms. Faith is misused as a frequent ...

Faith, even as passionate conviction, is not at odds with doubt or questions. Wrestling those concerns ultimately deepens ...

Two award-winning journalists have written a book revealing new details about an infamous North Carolina church — often characterized as a cult — that has been at the center of federal criminal ...

Pulitzer Prize winner Mitch Weiss and Holbrook Mohr, journalists who have been exposing these stories, spent time interviewing hundreds of people who have been connected to the church over the years — ...

SPINDALE, N.C. — From all over the world, they flocked to this tiny town in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, lured by promises of inner peace and eternal ...

Entrance to the Word of Faith Fellowship church in Spindale, N.C. AP SPINDALE, N.C. — From all over the world, they flocked to this tiny town in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, lured by ...

As a missionary for five years in Ethiopia, then minister at a large church in Southern California for 11, I’ve been keenly aware of people’s need for certainty — spiritual, personal, political, ...

SPINDALE, N.C. (AP) — When Randy Fields' construction company faced potential ruin because of the cratering economy, he pleaded with his pastor at Word of Faith Fellowship church to reduce the amount ...

It’s a verse that atheists and religious critics have committed to heart because they think it demonstrates how ...