Religious Institutions

Her eyes fill with tears, every time Rochelle Behrens thinks about Saturday’s shooting at the Chabad synagogue in Poway, California that left one woman dead, and three injured.

Mayor Muriel Bowser and the D.C. police department have offered their sympathies for the victims of the Chabad of Poway synagogue shooting near San Diego, along with a pledge to continue protecting religious communities in the district.

On April 1, an African American man was shot multiple times, right across the street from the church I pastor, East Washington Heights Baptist Church. That man later died.

Earlier this week, Methodists from around the world gathered in St. Louis for a specially-called general conference to address one issue: what is the church’s stance on LGBTQ marriages and clergy?

Methodist churches in D.C. are weighing their next steps in the wake of their denomination’s decision to uphold its ban on gay clergy and same-sex marriages — and while the possibility of leaving the United Methodist Church is part of the…

With the city’s homicide rate rising sharply D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser will meet at midday with faith leaders to discuss strategies for reducing violence and hate crimes.

Not only does Masjid Muhammad have plans to build affordable housing in Anacostia, the organization is also seeking to expand its Truxton Circle home.

Established in 1839, the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church has stood as a spiritual beacon in the nation’s capital for nearly two centuries. On the eve of his first inauguration, ladies and gentlemen dressed in fur and wool waited in a long…

In response to recent Catholic Church clergy sex abuse scandals, lawmakers in the District and Virginia say they will soon propose legislation that adds clergy to the list of people mandated by law to report child abuse or neglect.

D.C.’s first and oldest synagogue is also almost certainly its most nomadic.

Washington, D.C., officials have quietly altered a $13 million plan to ease water bills after a former water board member threatened to sue, calling the plan unfair and unconstitutional.

D.C. officials have backed away from a proposal that would have made it easier for churches to qualify for a break on their water rates than other nonprofits, after critics said the policy could have been unconstitutional.

For decades, changes in American religious behavior and the District’s demographics spurred a slow emptying of city houses of worship. And in recent years, many have shuttered, largely because of skyrocketing real estate prices, an exodus…

The elected leaders of the District, Maryland and Virginia addressed an overflowing crowd of thousands of mourning Washingtonians on Monday night, as they decried the anti-Semitism that led to the killing of 11 Jews in Pittsburgh on…

Around 4,500 people gathered at a service Monday evening in northwest Washington to condemn the murder of the 11 people who died Saturday at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. The shootings in Pittsburgh hit close to home for many…