Developers previously pitched two buildings with housing and retail for Emanuel Congregation’s Sheridan Road property.

A woman recently told me she had been asked to be a trustee at the congregation where I am now an interim pastor. “I turned it down,” she said, “because I don’t like working with structures.” She ...

All Souls Congregational Church in Maine will start demolition by the end of this month and open its new space by next fall.

Every human community has norms (unwritten, unspoken, and often unconscious rules about the "way things should be done") that govern the behavior of its members. In congregations, norms may develop as ...

Does this sound familiar? Your congregation has a committee with a name like "Outreach" or "Mission" or "Social Concerns" whose job is to dole out small amounts to an increasingly large number of good ...

Editors note: The Jesuit General Congregation is currently meeting in Rome to elect a new general to succeed Peter-Hans Kolvenbach. S.J. In 1983 historian John W. OMalley, S.J. took a historical look ...

A view of the old and new buildings by day. The slow but certain rebirth of North Broad Street has seen some surprising transformations and inspired proposals. A former auto showroom, and later a ...

Congregation Bene Shalom in Skokie, founded by a popular rabbi 53 years ago and known for being a Jewish congregation focused on serving the deaf and hearing impaired as well as the hearing community, ...

Assalaamu alaykum. I like to pray on time. My husband has the habit of always delaying it. He always tells me to wait for him so that we can pray in congregation. Sometimes, it means that I have to ...