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Three in 4 Protestant churches, a new study from Lifeway Research found, see the turn of the new year coincide with a new fiscal year. This tendency varies by religious group.
More than half of Protestant churches in the U.S. are relying on armed congregants as part of their security plan, according to a recent survey of pastors. Approximately 81% of churches — or ...
The number of Hispanic Protestant churches in the United States is up sharply over the past 23 years thanks to both immigration and evangelization, according to a survey released Tuesday.
“It’s hard to get them to want to come back to church.” Although in-person numbers dropped, some Black Protestant churches have grown if one counts a rise in virtual attendance.
In general, U.S. Protestant pastors continue to stay behind the pulpit, but they may be facing unique challenges depending on ...
America is the most developed nation when it comes to religion. The National Council of Churches reports that mainstream Protestant denominations gradually lost membership in 2009, while the ...
U.S. membership has increased in the Catholic Church — the nation's largest Christian body — but the No. 2 Southern Baptist Convention, along with most mainline Protestant denominations ...
When the United Methodist Church removed anti-LGBTQ language from its official rules in recent days, it marked the end of a half-century of debates over LGBTQ inclusion in mainline Protestant ...
The Catholic Church has struggled to bring in young members in the United States. Less than half of U.S. Hispanics between 18 and 29 identify as Catholic, compared with the 60+ percent of ...