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One of Southern California’s most prominent Black churches is returning to in-person services this Sunday.

It comes more than a year after the COVID closures. Ted Chen reports for the NBC4 News on Thursday, July 1, 2021.

Multiple faith leaders – including an Episcopal minister whose LGBTQ identity was central to her faith journey – say religious institutions should be more accepting of LGBTQ people.

Numerous faith leaders are sharply criticizing President Trump’s photo-op outside of a Washington, D.C. church Monday after protesters were forcibly removed from the area, saying he used the Bible as “a prop” to further his political agenda.

Pastor Rick Warren has announced he will retire from Saddleback Church but assured his congregants that he and his wife will remain active in the mega-church they founded.

Southern California megachurch pastor Rick Warren is retiring after leading Saddleback Church for more than 40 years.

Fear and mistrust are some reasons why members of the Black community are not getting COVID-19 vaccinations. Tony Shin reports for NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on March 5, 2021.

The Supreme Court is telling California it can’t enforce a ban on indoor church services because of the coronavirus pandemic

A federal appeals court has denied a Southern California church’s request to overturn the state’s coronavirus restrictions barring worship services indoors during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles Wednesday announced updated guidelines for indoor religious services according to protocols issued by the Los Angeles Department of Public Health. Parishes in Los Angeles County may resume indoor religious services, provided there is space for social distancing of at least six feet between family units, all in attendance wear face coverings, and measures for cleaning…

City officials in Murdock, Minnesota, say they did not believe they could win if challenged by the Asatru Folk Assembly, a designated hate group, in court. NBC affiliate KARE reports.

Black Lives Matter D.C. condemned vandalism to several downtown churches that took place during Saturday night’s protests, claiming D.C. police officers “physically protected white supremacists, as they threatened lives, damaged historic churches and destroyed and burned property.” Black Lives Matter organizers and one of the churches claim the damage was done by members of the Proud Boys and by...

California federal courts must now revisit whether the state went too far in its COVID-19 restrictions on churches, meaning the state could be forced to loosen those restrictions – right before Christmas. The review comes after an order from the Supreme Court Thursday morning. “It means the court is saying, ‘in light of our order, you may have gotten it…

Two people died and multiple others were “seriously wounded” in a stabbing Sunday night at a church in California, officials said.

Two people died and multiple others were “seriously wounded” in a stabbing Sunday night at a church in San Jose, California. NBC4 News reports at 11 p.m. on Nov. 22, 2020.

Actor Sacha Baron Cohen, who stars in “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” donated $100,000 to the church of a woman who believed she was taking part in a documentary but instead was being featured in the mockumentary comedy film

A San Jose church has continuously defied COVID-19 public health orders limiting indoor services, and now the county is taking legal action to put a stop to it, officials said Friday.

French anti-terrorism prosecutors are investigating a knife attack at a church in the Mediterranean city of Nice that killed three people and wounded several others at a time when French authorities are on high alert for extremist violence.

Organizers of a family fair held at a Walnut church Saturday against the orders of county health officials will be issued citations, as will the church itself, officials told City News Service. The pastor said an attempt to prohibit the church event “seems puzzling” in light of “large swap meets in Orange County” and other events drawing large crowds, including...

San Diego county sheriffs are investigating acts of vandalism at two Catholic churches in El Cajon. Two churches in the El Cajon area were vandalized overnight with images of swastikas and other graffiti. Saint Peters Chaldean Catholic Cathedral, 1627 Jamacha Way, was vandalized with spray-painted images of swastikas and political images, said Sgt. Michael Hettinger of the San Diego County…