Newell Presbyterian is one of hundreds of declining congregations with underutilized space, excess land, deteriorating buildings and soaring maintenance costs. But these churches are finding that they can stanch their fiscal woes by selling or, in many cases, leasing some of their land and repurposing their properties for affordable housing.
Religion News Service
On the anniversaries of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 80 years ago, faith-based peace activists gathered at the Pentagon and the White House to call for nuclear disarmament and an end to war.