At Church of the Highlands, volunteers run the Giving Hope Christmas Mall Experience on Dec. 14, at which families in need “shop” to select donated gifts for their children.

McConnell said that there is a variety of reasons people say they choose to come to church over Christmas. “While church services draw more people in the Christmas season, their prime motivation ...

At least 13 people were killed in two separate stampedes in Nigeria as large crowds gathered to collect food and clothing items distributed at annual Christmas events, police said.

He “fill[s] heaven and earth” (Jer. 23:24). But Christmas is teaching me that God also comes to specific people at specific times in specific ways, sometimes in increased materiality or intensity.

Christmas decorations in Lagos, Nigeria. ... Abuja, where more than 1,000 people had gathered at a church to receive clothes and food.

The idea of feeding people on Christmas Eve was born. The Hale parents hoped it would teach their children the true meaning of Christmas. Word of feeding those in need spread throughout the church and ...

Christmas dinner is an extension of the church’s monthly Sunday Supper program that feeds about 350 people in need. The Rev. Martin Ankrum has served as church pastor for 24 years.

President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints blows a kiss to audience members during the First Presidency’s Christmas Devotional in Salt Lake City on Sunday.

It wasn't too long ago that First Baptist Church of Waukesha had just one or two children in Sunday school. Almost all of the roughly 20 people in the pews were retirees.

There are four public services being held at Home Moravian Church on Christmas Eve. The first is just for children, at 11 a.m. Then, the "family" lovefeast and candle service is at 2:30 p.m.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Union Baptist Church is hosting the 2024 Christmas Mall, a three-day event dedicated to celebrating the birth of Christ, fostering fellowship, and addressing the emotional ...