One new book is delving into how church-sponsored summer camps across the United States can end up causing "harm" to kids in the cause of converting them into true believers. Religion News Service ...

Last month, someone reported allegations of child abuse at two Iowa church camps to state authorities. On June 12 and 13, authorities issued warrants and conducted safety checks at the Kingdom ...

LOUISA COUNTY, Iowa (KWQC/Gray News) – After authorities removed 88 children from a church camp in Iowa and placed them in protective custody, a church employee said the situation all started with a ...

NEW TONIGHT, WE ARE HEARING FROM THE ORGANIZERS OF A RELIGIOUS CAMP IN SOUTHEASTERN IOWA, WHERE 88 CHILDREN WERE REMOVED LAST WEEK. KCCI’S PEPPER PURPURA IS IN STUDIO TONIGHT. PEPPER. THE FOLKS THERE ...

(RNS) — For many Christian kids, church camp — with nightly s’mores, goofy skits and Jesus-y singalongs — is an oasis that welcomes them each summer. For decades, that was the case for Cara Meredith, ...

A year-long dispute between a church and the city of Montrose was capped off by a trial and a guilty verdict on a handful of ordinance violations. At a sentencing hearing Thursday, the church will pay ...

At a hearing in Montrose, on Wednesday, Municipal Court Judge Erin Maxwell rejected a city request for an emergency abatement on a camp of unhoused residents sitting on Montrose United Methodist ...