When God speaks, James Dodzweit listens - even when he is suggesting that Dodzweit abandon a comfortable job at a megachurch to start a new one in a school cafeteria. ...more

February 8, 2009

President-elect Barack Obama on Thursday defended his choice of a popular evangelical minister to deliver the invocation at his inauguration, rejecting criticism that it slights gays. ...more

December 18, 2008

WASHINGTON - Gay rights advocates are criticizing President-elect Barack Obama's choice of a popular evangelical minister to deliver the invocation at his inauguration, saying it shows disrespect for a constituency that strongly supported his campaign. ...more

December 18, 2008

Bad news keeps coming to Without Walls International Church. A ministry watchdog group added the Tampa megachurch to a list of ministries that don't meet its standards for donations, the cash-strapped ministry sold its private jet and fire inspectors found the church has not resolved about 20 fire code violations. ...more

December 17, 2008

Amid news reports that Without Walls International Church is in foreclosure, Pastor Randy White stood at the pulpit Sunday and blamed critics and creditors for trying to bring down the former megachurch. ...more

November 10, 2008

Janet Cain, a deacon at Trinity Chapel, a Pentecostal megachurch in Powder Springs, Ga., loves Israel. ...more

October 19, 2008

Presidential contenders Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain differed on abortion Saturday, with McCain saying a baby's human rights begin "at conception," while Obama restated his support for legalized abortion. ...more

August 17, 2008

It can't hold as many screaming fans as the football stadium in Denver, where Sen. Barack Obama is to address an expected crowd of 75,000 on Aug. 28. Nor is it conveniently located near the scenic Mississippi River, like the arena in St. Paul, Minn., where Sen. John McCain is to take the stage a few days later. But the 3,000-seat auditorium at pastor Rick Warren's Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., does have one notable advantage: It's a stage that Obama and McCain recently agreed to share, at least for a little while, on Aug. 16. ...more

August 3, 2008

Jack Ryan is putting a new twist on an old saying. ...more

May 10, 2008

Jack Ryan is putting a new twist on an old saying. "Build it, and they will come," he says of the mantra from the film "Field of Dreams." ...more

May 10, 2008