Once a place of bloody sacrifice, the altar now serves a variety of roles in worship. The slaughtered lambs of Old Testament days might be gone, but to some Christians the altar remains a place of ...

Teen Missions International’s Old Testament Tabernacle is open for tours through Oct. 17 at Brown Road Community Church, 1553 Brown Rd. on the South Side.

The altar rail is a sign of ancient Church traditions with roots going back to the Old Testament. In the first four centuries, Christian worship took place in private homes, but as churches grew ...

This, Zertal says, is where Joshua allotted the new land among the 12 tribes, and where the Israelites “became a people,” as the Old Testament puts it. “The altar was supposed to be ...

Catholics are more fortunate than the Old Testament prophets were because in the Eucharist they experience Jesus' closeness and know that God is not far off on a lofty throne, Pope Francis told ...

Latter-day Saints have re-created a life-size biblical tabernacle from descriptions in the book of Exodus and are offering Utahns a chance to tour it.