After a long wait on the market, Hastings' historical First Baptist Church at 401 N. Lincoln Ave. was officially sold to the Mercy City Church earlier this June.

By many measures, Americans are growing less religious: Since 2007, for example, the percentage of people who pray daily has dropped, while the “unaffiliated” have grown to 29%. But those numbers can distract from just how much faith still matters in American public life – much more so than in Western Europe, despite its similar […]