Church

D.C. churches attacked during previous pro-Trump protests say they need help this time. News4’s Darcy Spencer explains what the congregations are asking from the D.C. government.

With the President holding up COVID relief, money may be getting tighter for people across the country. News4’s Derrick Ward shows how a church in Silver Spring is helping families put food on the table.

At the City of Lights Church in Silver Spring, a special wall has gone up outside. Instead of bricks, the wall is made of boxes filled with food, a sort of a literal and figurative bulwark against hunger.

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...

D.C. police released surveillance images of the people who tore down and burned a Black Lives Matter sign from the front of the Asbury United Methodist Church at 11th and K streets NW.

During Saturday’s rallies in support of President Trump, a Black Lives Matter sign was destroyed. The incident is being investigated as a possible hate crime, according to police. Darcy Spencer reports for News4 on Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020.

After a day of demonstrations in support of President Trump, unrest in downtown D.C. has left several injured, including officers. Darcy Spencer reports for News4 on Saturday Dec. 12, 2020.

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

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

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.

The Catholic Diocese of Richmond says it is paying $6.3 million to 51 people who as minors experienced sexual abuse by clergy

Montgomery County eased some restrictions on attending religious services in person. It comes just in time for the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur. News4’s Derrick Ward reports how synagogues and churches are adjusting to a new way of worship.

A suspect went inside a church and stabbed a pastor and another person during a Saturday afternoon Bible study. During the attack, the Fairfax County police chief intervened and was injured. News4’s Darcy Spencer spoke to the lead pastor of the church about the incident.

News4’s Aimee Cho shows how one church is showing love to a Fort Washington pastor as small churches struggle to stay afloat during the coronavirus pandemic.

The black church isn’t necessarily ground zero in today’s activism, but church leaders are definitely supportive and active. Here’s what one prominent pastor in Maryland is doing. News4’s Molette Green reports.

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

A divided Supreme Court on Friday rejected an emergency appeal by a California church that challenged state limits on attendance at worship services that have been imposed to contain the spread of the coronavirus. Over the dissent of the four more conservative justices, Chief Justice John Roberts joined the court’s four liberals in turning away a request from the...

Religious leaders face tough decisions after President Donald Trump demanded houses of worship reopen. News4’s Shomari Stone reports the president’s demand is in opposition against Virginia’s orders.

At a press conference on Friday, President Donald Trump announced that he is immediately declaring places of worship as essential and threatened to “override” any governors that prevent them from opening this weekend. He did not not cite any specific authority to enforce the command.