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The mass shooting at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, hit close to home for Russell Moore, head of the public policy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention.

Across the country, many churches and other places of worship are considering security measures as mass shootings have become a tragically familiar narrative in the United States.

The church elder in Plateau state, Nigeria saw the Muslim Fulani herdsmen storm into his village at 11 p.m.the night of Oct. 13, shooting in all directions.

As a little boy in Sunday school, Bassem Al-Janoubie was fascinated by the illustrated stories about the martyrs of Egypt’s Coptic Church.

When the call came the next morning from Las Vegas' office of emergency management, Brian Scroggins said he did not hesitate. He headed to the convention center and found himself swept up.

For many people, biblical scholarship — with its archaic languages and ancient texts — is boring stuff. But that’s not true of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Astonishingly, for three years U.S. government bureaucrats have refused to help endangered religious minority communities like Christians and Yazidis survive the genocide ISIS began in 2014. These communities stand on the brink of extinction.

Planeloads of Protestants have been visiting Germany in the year leading up to Oct. 31. On that date in 1517 Luther reportedly nailed his 95 theses — or objections to Catholic practices — to the Castle Church door in Wittenberg, sparking the Reformation.

Sometimes a wedding cake is just delicious. And sometimes it is a First Amendment football.

As the nation reels from the latest mass shooting, religious and secular leaders are offering prayers and some are calling for stronger action on gun control in light of the deaths of dozens and wounding of hundreds in Las Vegas.