Religion

Maranatha Church, Jasmine Ministries and Creole Resources have served Spokane’s Haitian population for years – most recently by creating job and housing opportunities made scarce to them due to social and legal barriers created by the Trump administration.

Holden Village, a Lutheran retreat center deep in Chelan County’s North Cascades, might be closed for more than a year after winter landslides shut down access to the remote location.

OLYMPIA – The Washington attorney general’s office can continue to probe whether the Catholic church misused funds to cover up alleged child abuse, a state court ruled Monday.

When Philip Huber started casually studying Swahili in 2019, he was just trying to get to the point where he could have a simple conversation. He and his wife, Alice, had recently become friends with several refugees from Africa, and he wanted to be able to communicate better with them. He never dreamed that it would go much beyond that.

When Christian Gill began working on his Lego model of the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, he made the strange realization: the inside of the church has fewer windows than the outside.

In March 1965, James Burford and Jesse Jackson caravaned together from Chicago south to Selma, Alabama.

When a Minnesota faith group issued a call for religious leaders across the country to come and support the Minneapolis community, at least 11 of Eastern Washington’s clergy were among the thousand who poured in.

For more than 60 years, a small thrift store in the heart of Spokane’s Perry District has been investing in the community.

Shirley Grossman erupted in tears as she stood in the middle of The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist on Friday, recalling how her mother fled Russia in the 1920s to find a better life in the United States.

On a Friday morning in November, about two dozen people gathered at St. James Episcopal Church in Pullman to do something that has become increasingly rare in American life: talk honestly about politics without tearing each other apart.

Union Gospel Mission is the best place Brandon Gwyn could be spending Christmas.

COEUR D’ALENE – In Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, Catholic middle and high school youth group attendance is at an all-time high averaging about 85 teens weekly. This represents more than a 50% increase over past years.

A shimmering light during the darkest time of year.

When you cover religion for a living, Sunday mornings can lose their sacred quality. Church becomes your office, and after years of taking notes in pews across the region, the idea of attending services for personal worship can feel about as appealing as working overtime.

Like spokes supporting a wheel, faith organizations are essential to keep local homeless organizations operating.

As the scarlet ribbon across the Giving Machines hit the floor of the Spokane Valley Mall, a chorus of thunderous applause resounded through the food court.