After 177 years, a stolen bell is returning to the First Presbyterian Church in Iowa City. Reverend Michael Hummer, the church's co-founder, stole the bell in 1848 after being expelled for his ...

So it went unrung for several years until a separate concrete-block tower was built for it as part of a 1908 church expansion. Westlake United Methodist undertook what turned out to be a yearslong ...

The climb to the top of Boston’s Old South Church bell tower is a labyrinth of steps and catwalks stretching more than 200 feet into the air. Thin railings are the only thing to hold on to as you trek ...

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has returned a 177-year-old bell to the First Presbyterian Church of Iowa City after the bell was stolen and ended up in the ...

Ringing the handheld Sanctus bells during the consecration and elevation of the Host and chalice at Mass is a familiar sound in many churches. Yet another centuries-old practice has remained in some ...

SELINSGROVE — A decade after an electrical fire heavily damaged Christ United Methodist Church on North Eighth Street in Selinsgrove, the bell that sat atop the building has been restored and ...

HODGDON, Maine (WAGM) - The Hodgdon United Methodist Church has released an official statement following the theft of its historic church bell. The church says the bell was removed from the steeple on ...

ANTIOCH – For the Zamora family, the sound of the 700-pound First Congregational Church bell in Antioch isn’t just a piece of history, it was a part of their childhood. Roxanne Zamora-Solak remembers ...

LORI AND JERRY, THIS SECTION OF NORTH EIGHTH STREET WAS CLOSED FOR FEAR THAT THE BELL TOWER MIGHT FALL AND TOPPLE ON CARS OR PEOPLE BELOW. THE CITY JUST REOPENED THE ROAD ABOUT AN HOUR AGO. THE ...

Following an extensive restoration project, the 145-year-old bell in the tower of St. John's Episcopal Church began to regularly ring again in June. Steve Hamm / Special Contributor The loud silence ...

Corrections & Clarifications: The name of the Desert Southwest Conference of the United Methodist Church was incorrect in a prior version of this article. When a historic Phoenix church closed in May, ...