Officials announced Wednesday that over $2 million in stabilization work is set to begin this month at the historic Old First Church in downtown Springfield.

Old First Church is the oldest standing and best-known building in downtown Springfield, said Robert Carroll, chairman of the Community Preservation Committee, which recommended the $300,000 grant to ...

As Pride Month comes to a close, two Springfield organizations say the work of supporting LGBTQIA+ communities does not stop ...

In houses of worship, people share stories – individual and collective – every time they gather. For nearly two years, members of the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Presbyterian Church have had to ...

A downtown church that closed has found new life as a community center and will host a national comedian in recovery performing to raise money for its substance abuse initiative. Kay Dodd, a comedian ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo.- The Connecting Grounds Church in Springfield is making a change starting November 1. The church is being converted into an emergency family shelter, housing up to four families at ...

A Springfield area church is asking organizations that work with Haitian residents to help pass out cards people can use to greet people in Creole. The cards say “Mwen byen kontan ou la. Kris la ...

SPRINGFIELD -- A 38-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly broke into a church and tried to steal a computer that was part of the church’s sound equipment. Carlos Vergara, of College Street, is ...