NEW YORK (AP) — How long should a sermon be? The major branches of Christianity in the U.S. have sharply different traditions, with sermons at historically black Protestant churches lasting — on ...

Heaven only knows how long sermons at historically black Protestant churches last — but on average, they are almost four times as long as those in Roman Catholic churches, according to a new study.

Modern preaching is being most severely attacked these days, not by the people who hear it, but by preachers and theologians themselves. “Clergymen are numerous, but prophets are few,” states Dr. Kyle ...

One of America's most famous sermons, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," probably took Jonathan Edwards close to an hour to deliver in 1741. Today, most white Protestant pastors wouldn't dare ...

Pope Francis celebrates morning Mass in the chapel of his residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae, at the Vatican Nov. 5, 2019. (CNS/Vatican Media) If experience can't prove it, data scraping will: ...

Photo by Gianna Bonello via Unsplash. (RNS) — Protestant churches have always prided themselves on their preaching and music, especially non-Eucharistic churches that rely on the Bible alone to shape ...

On Dec. 16, as Catholic clergy were in the heart of their Advent preparations for Christmas and getting ready to mount the pulpit for one of their most important preaching opportunities of the year, ...