Just about two dozen tickets remain for the 2012 Central Valley Ministry Forum, which features nationally recognized pastor and best-selling author Francis Chan.

One of the founders of Trinity Presbyterian Church (now Trinity Community Church) in Clovis is presenting a community prayer event in Fresno next week.

I'm writing this column from Tel Aviv, Israel. I'm on sabbatical, working on a book on justice, ethics and religion. A day after arriving, a friend drove me to Ajami, an Arab suburb south of town. He said that the falafel there was delicious. As

A daughter of American evangelist Billy Graham is returning to Fresno this month to talk about being prepared for Jesus' return.

An author and religious scholar is coming to Fresno for an interfaith event to talk about Jesus.

You almost feel you're somewhere other than a house of worship when 20-year-old Cactus Samuel T. Harris -- decked out in a turquoise shirt, a purple bow tie with yellow polka dots and red shoes with rhinestones -- plays the pipe organ at University Presbyterian Church in Fresno.

Seated on the bishop's chair of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno for the first time, Armando X. Ochoa beamed with delight. Nuns sitting in the pews closest to him smiled back. St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Fresno was bustling Thursday as hundreds gathered to celebrate Ochoa's Installation Mass.

A small group of mainly local Catholics wants to expand so it is more diverse in its mission to abolish the death penalty, at least in California.

It isn't often that a Fresno synagogue hosts a scholar-in-residence program for a weekend.

A Fresno pastor plans to put his new book on prayer in the hands of his congregation Sunday.

People are becoming less cruel and more humane. This is the thesis of Steven Pinker's optimistic new book, "The Better Angels of Our Nature." Pinker, a Harvard psychologist, provides extensive data to support his conclusion, citing a variet

COARSEGOLD -- In a former homebuilder's office at Highway 41 and Road 417, Believers Assembly provides more than Sunday services in the foothill community.

Victory Life Center is trying to make a difference in an impoverished Highway City neighborhood near Shaw Avenue and Highway 99.

A group of local contractors is nearing completion of a Fresno home renovation project — and the home’s sale will benefit four central San Joaquin Valley nonprofit organizations helping the needy.