An agency that conducted 5,000 background checks for 450 churches said it found serious felonies in 80 cases and more than 600 people who had some type of criminal history that may have disqualified ...

As a former police officer and PCA elder, I believe this basic step can protect congregations from predators. Update (6/13/24): The Presbyterian Church in America voted not to require background ...

Stevenson House seen from the parking lot of Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto on Aug. 3, 2021. Photo by Magali Gauthier. When Palo Alto agreed to allow local congregations to establish “safe ...

Families of nine victims killed in a racist attack at a Black South Carolina church have reached a settlement with the Justice Department over a faulty background check that allowed Dylann Roof to ...

GOODMAN, Mo. - A little slower in movement but with the same joy in her heart, Joina Heck climbed the concrete steps and pushed open the doors of McNatt Baptist Church, just as she had 70 years before ...