Scripture: Proverbs 24:3 — “Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established.” (KJV)

One believes in God. The other sees life differently. They bought a house, built a future and now barely speak. But with a mortgage, shared assets and neither willing to leave, walking away may be the most expensive decision of all.

When love, faith and finances collide, the family home can become the hardest thing to walk away from. For Jamaican couples who separate but continue living under the same roof, the question is no longer simply whether the relationship can survive, but what happens to everything they own.

KINGSTON, Jamaica — A building that once formed part of Jamaica’s plantation economy will become the setting for a celebration of faith,…

When everything we have worked for is shaken, faith reminds us that what holds us together is often stronger than what has been taken away.

At least 44 church buildings destroyed in five denominations alone, hundreds more damaged, and a J$75 million state programme that averages under J$180,000 a church. Almost a year on, Jamaica’s congregations are still in tents and halls.

As Jamaica’s women farmers struggle to rebuild after Hurricane Melissa, their determination offers a powerful reminder about faith, perseverance and the courage to begin again.

Jamaica’s churches shape the national landscape, yet census figures reveal contrasting fortunes for Christian denominations. Is faith in decline, or is religious life changing?

The census shows evangelical churches rising, the old colonial churches shrinking and one Jamaican in five claiming no religion at all. After Hurricane Melissa, the church’s place in island life is being tested again.

Five years after blood was spilled inside a church in Montego Bay, a murder trial is forcing Jamaica to confront again the extraordinary rise of Kevin Smith, the religious empire he built, the warnings that surrounded it and the night when worship ended in death.