In the 1970's, Evangelical Pastor Wayne Gordon moved into a high-crime area of Chicago. Members of the community told him they wanted to start a church, so Gordon founded the Lawndale Community Church.

One of the traditional parts of the services celebrating the Jewish holidays Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah is the blowing of the shofar, the ancient ram’s horn. Around the world, there are hundreds of classes where children come to learn how shofars are made, like the Shofar Factory in Brooklyn, New York.

Pastor David Brown is a circuit preacher. Once called called circuit riders, these preachers went from town to town in 19th-century America to spread the Gospel. They've gone from horseback to car, but they're still around. No one knows just how many there are, but they serve the same purpose they always have--to bring a religious message to people with no fulltime preacher of their own.

Parents want to give their children every advantage in life and they also want do whatever possible to make their children healthy. But what about going beyond opportunities and health to genetic enhancement? Science is opening that door in a big way, and many ethicists debate where the line between health and enhancement should be.

An interpretation of Jesus' teachings that emphasizes wealth and prosperity is being criticized by some as a distortion of authentic Christian faith.

In reaction to the kidnapping of South Korean church members, Christian groups there are scaling back operations in dangerous parts of the world. It's a significant decision considering South Korean churches send out about 17,000 members on missions each year. As a result, there has been a phenomenal growth and political activism of Christianity in South Korea.

Over the years, The Simpsons has become known for its sharp-edged satire. But, as Kim Lawton reports, there's also a surprising focus on spirituality.

There are more than two million people serving hard time in America's state and federal prisons. However, this number includes those who are wrongfully convicted and sent to prison for crimes they did not commit. When, and if, they are found to be innocent, they often don't receive adequate compensation and support for starting their lives over.

For many physicians, there's uncertainty about when or whether they should pray with their patients, but Mark Jacobson says it would be malpractice not to. Dr. Jacobson is a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and he's been treating Africans in Tanzania for 22 years.

Eva Kor is a real estate broker in Terre Haute, Indiana, but her story is one of unthinkable loss and suffering as a child at the hands of Nazi doctors. It's also an extraordinary story of forgiveness. As a child, Eva Kor was a prisoner at the Auschwitz death camp. Now she returns on a mission.

Few issues touch a raw nerve in American politics like gun control. But often the issue is not far below the surface in worship communities, particularly those frequently hit by gun violence.

The messages of the advertising business help sell billions of dollars worth of products. But do they also coarsen American culture? And if so, who's to blame -- the ad agencies or us consumers? Lucky Severson reports from Madison Avenue.

Barry Black is the first African American and the first Seventh-day Adventist to hold the position of senate Chaplain. The tradition of keeping a chaplain has been challenged by advocates of a strict separation between church and state, but the Supreme Court has upheld it, as long as the chaplains remain nonsectarian and nonpartisan. Black brings a unique approach and outlook to the position.

The UN estimates there are 100 million children who live and work on the streets, with seven million of them in Brazil. On her recent trip to Brazil, Kim Lawton met and followed a British Christian, Cally Magalhaes, who is spending her life trying to rescue some of those children.

The rights of the homeless and the rights of people who fear them or don't want to be bothered by them have become an issue in the glittery playground that is Las Vegas. Advocates say the homeless are being harassed by police, while city officials respond that too many of the homeless just don't want to be helped.

In Washington, the House approved a bill that would grant visas to about 500 Iraqi and Afghan translators who fear for their lives because they have helped the U.S. But there are nearly 4 million Iraqis who have fled their homes -- half still in Iraq, half in neighboring countries. The question of how to best help the Iraqi refugees has developed into the world's largest refugee crisis.

Sara Miles used to be a journalist and an atheist. But she had a conversion experience and is now a leader in her church, Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church in San Francisco where she feeds all who wander in and provides them with a sense of consistency and comfort.

Immigrants have been pouring into the Land of 10,000 Lakes. Minnesota is now home to many Muslims, East African Somalis, Indian Hindus and Laotian Hmong -- all of whom are trying to find a balance between their cultural traditions and U.S. customs.

Increasingly, black churches throughout the country are finding it harder to hire skilled musicians to lead worship. For many of the best of them, it takes a sacrificial devotion to the church to pass up the riches offered by the popular music business.

New York’s Yeshiva University Museum has opened an exhibit called “And I Still See Their Faces.” It’s made up primarily of family photographs of members of pre-war Poland’s once thriving Jewish community. Most of those remembered in the photographs did not survive the Holocaust.