NPR has reported on a variety of workforce shortages, and religious institutions are no exception. Churches are having a hard time finding pastors. Clergy are retiring and dying faster than new ones ...

In 1982, pastor Robert Morris was a 21-year-old husband and father who traveled the country telling young people about Jesus. Cindy Clemishire was a 12-year-old girl who dressed in flowery pink ...

Pastor Ed Newton was raised by deaf parents in Orlando, Florida. Though the 49-year-old grew up learning American Sign Language, most of the local churches at the time didn't offer services for deaf ...