EditorialFirst Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, where a gunman killed 26 congregants gathered for Sunday services, on Nov. 12, 2017. (Drew Anthony Smith/The New York Times)
EditorialA march in support of the Jewish community after 11 congregants of the Tree of Life synagogue were shot to death, outside of Pittsburgh, Oct. 30, 2018. (Hilary Swift/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Bible and robe of the Rev. Calvin O. Butts III on his empty seat at a Sunday service dedicated to his memory at Abyssinian Baptist Church in the Harlem neighborhood of New York, Oct. 30, 2022. (Gregg Vigliotti/The New York Times)
EditorialA vigil outside Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Uvalde, Texas, for the victims of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School, May 28, 2022. (Ivan Pierre Aguirre/The New York Times)
EditorialCongregants of Svalbard Church sing hymns during Easter services in Todalen, in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, on April 17, 2022. Last Easter, the church was under construction to modify pilings that had moved in the shifting permafrost. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)
EditorialCongregants of Svalbard Church sing hymns during Easter services in Todalen, in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, on April 17, 2022. Last Easter, the church was under construction to modify pilings that had moved in the shifting permafrost. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Commerce Inn, with its chef-owners, Jody Williams, left, and Rita Sodi, in New York, where a Shaker kitchen meets early American tavern with a dash of 19th-century oyster house, March 12, 2022. (Evan Sung/The New York Times)
EditorialCongregants listen as the Rev. Jason Charron leads a prayer vigil at the Holy Trinity Ukranian Catholic Church in Carnegie, Pa., Feb. 24, 2022. (Jared Wickerham/The New York Times)
EditorialHillsong congregants attend a Christmas show in New York City on Dec. 17, 2017. The megachurch has sought to attract young Christians in big cities. (Jessica Lehrman/The New York Times)
EditorialVolunteers and congregants of two churches, Harlan Baptist and Primera Iglesia Bautista Hispana, collect water and food donations, in Mayfield, Ky., Dec. 12, 2021. (Johnny Milano/The New York Times)
EditorialVolunteers and congregants deliver pizza to Primera Iglesia Bautista Hispana for those seeking shelter and sorting donations in Mayfield, Ky., Dec. 12, 2021, after an outbreak of tornadoes on Friday night, including one that traveled more than 220 catastrophic miles, left a deep scar of devastation. (Johnny Milano/The New York Times)
EditorialCongregants of Bais Yosef Meir, an Orthodox Jewish congregation in Monsey, N.Y., walk home after celebrating Simcha Torah, SEPT. 30, 2021. (Sara Naomi Lewkowicz/The New York Times)
Editorial Daniela Cer?n, a transgender activist and resident of Iztapalapa, poses for a portrait at Three Crosses Hill in the sprawling borough, which attracts millions of congregants each year to a giant re-enactment of the crucifixion of Christ, in Mexico City, Sept. 27, 2021. (Luis Antonio Rojas/The New York Times)
Editorial Daniela Cer?n, a transgender activist and resident of Iztapalapa, poses for a portrait at Three Crosses Hill in the sprawling borough, which attracts millions of congregants each year to a giant re-enactment of the crucifixion of Christ, in Mexico City, Sept. 27, 2021. (Luis Antonio Rojas/The New York Times)
EditorialJosue Alexis and his wife, Antoinette Peroux, with their son, Antonio, in the house that the Beersheba Adventist Church secured for them in Hamilton Township, N.J., on Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. (Hannah Yoon/The New York Times)
EditorialVaccinated congregants stand for prayer in he main sanctuary during a Friday evening service at Central Synagogue in Manhattan on Sept. 3, 2021. (Anna Watts/The New York Times)
EditorialPastor Shon Neyland, who said some vaccinated congregants are frustrated with those who refuse to get the coronavirus vaccine, in Portland, Ore., July 21, 2021. ((Tojo Andrianarivo/The New York Times)
EditorialElizabeth DaMoura Moreira, the city’s public health and equity leader, handed out supplies and talked with congregants about COVID-19 at the Immaculate Heart of Mary, a Catholic Church in Pawtucket, R.I., Feb. 21, 2021. (David Degner/New York Times)
EditorialThe Rev. Carol Howard Merritt, pastor at Bedford Presbyterian Church in Bedford, N.Y., on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020. (Ryan Christopher Jones/The New York Times)
EditorialCongregants at a drive-in church attending a service at an industrial wasteland in eastern Copenhagen, May 31, 2020. (Laetitia Vancon/The New York Times)
EditorialCongregants at a drive-in church attending a service at an industrial wasteland in eastern Copenhagen, May 31, 2020. (Laetitia Vancon/The New York Times)
EditorialFormer Vice President Joe Biden, a Democratic presidential candidate, speaks to congregants at New Hope Baptist Church in Jackson, Miss., March 8, 2020. (Courtland Wells/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Rev. Michelle Rizer-Pool hugs congregants at the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, in Gainesville, Ga., Jan. 5, 2020. (Audra Melton/The New York Times)