When Cristiana Peña and Nick Porter began house-hunting in New York State in 2021, they were open-minded about their prospects. Peña has a background in historic preservation, and both expected to be ...

As church congregations across the United States wither and disappear, the buildings they leave behind are becoming private homes. By T.M. Brown When Louis Cahill was growing up in southern Virginia, ...

ARNHEM, Netherlands—Two dozen scruffy skateboarders launched perilous jumps in a soaring old church building here on a recent night, watched over by a mosaic likeness of Jesus and a solemn array of ...

Ms. Townsend is an associate professor of philosophy. If you walk into a church right now, you are almost guaranteed to see other people. It’s the busiest time of the year for churches — even the ...