The First Presbyterian Church’s rare sandstone bricks will be transported to Washington, D.C., where they'll be used to ...

A New Jersey town’s zoning board has rejected the request of a local church to build a 17-bed homeless shelter, which comes ...

New Jersey’s Supreme Court says the state can have a grand jury investigate allegations of clergy sexually abusing children ...

OPPOSITION is growing to the Toms River town council’s plans to seize the 11-acre plot of Christ Episcopal Church, in New Jersey. The church has been waiting for approval for a 17-bed homeless shelter ...

Christ Episcopal Church, Toms River, NJ. The New York Times reports that the town of Toms River, New Jersey is planning to use eminent domain to condemn a church, raze it, and build a park and ...

A New Jersey town has moved to seize a 10-acre church property and turn it into recreational space, outfitted with pickleball courts and soccer fields. Christ Episcopal Church in Toms River, New ...

Since October, Christ Episcopal Church in Toms River, New Jersey, has sought permission from the town’s zoning board to open a 17-bed shelter in a building on the congregation’s property.

The Chaldean Community Foundation/Chaldean American Chamber of Commerce plans to open a new community center and museum next month in West Bloomfield Township. The center at 2075 Walnut Lake Road ...

New Jersey Church fights New Jersey town over plans to seize property and turn it into park The move is part of plans to revitalize the downtown community. By Maria Lencki Fox News.

A dispute over a proposed church homeless shelter in Toms River, New Jersey, blew up last week, after the town council approved a motion to take the church’s building By Associated Press May 7, 2025 ...

(RNS) — A long-simmering dispute over a proposed homeless shelter at a New Jersey church turned ugly last week, as leaders of Toms River voted to try to seize the church’s property.

The Catholic bishop of a New Jersey diocese said he would no longer oppose a state grand jury investigation of clergy sexual abuse that the church has been fighting behind closed doors in court ...