Hundreds of teenagers, adult chaperones and bishops traveled to College Park, Md., for a week of fellowship, learning and worship.

One aspect of New York’s changing religious landscape is that the number of evangelical congregations are on the rise.

The consent process for the ordination of the Rev. Charlie Holt as diocesan bishop concludes at the end of July.

A Diocese of Arkansas spokesman told ENS that the church sustained extensive smoke and water damage and the organ was a total loss, though a fire marshal is optimistic that the building can be restored.

The migrants, all adults ages 20 to 40 and mostly from Venezuela, Colombia and Guatemala, were approached in El Paso, Texas, where some had been working, with the promise of housing and jobs if they agreed to go to California.