Gotta serve somebody – or thing
Pin ItBob Dylan famously sang, “It might be the devil or it might be the Lord, but you gotta serve somebody.” A majority of self-identified Christians agree with him, according to a survey by the Barna...
View ArticleFaith and doubt on global warming
Pin ItAn Earth Day thought to ponder: Two new surveys confirm an earlier one that show evangelical Christians to be the biggest skeptics about global warming. They are less likely than any other major...
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Guitar wins worship wars?
Pin ItCall it a milestone in the shift in church worship patterns. Southern Baptist Theological Seminary is merging its School of Church Music and Worship into another of its programs, ending the music...
View Article2,587,995 ‘lost’ Kentuckians
Pin ItTwo-million, five-hundred eight-seven thousand and nine-hundred ninety-five Kentuckians “are lost without Christ,” according to a Kentucky Baptist Convention official. Ross Bauscher, Evangelism...
View ArticleChurch budget blues
Pin ItProtestant church budgets are down 7 percent from a year ago, and 9 percent of congregations have seen their budgets drop by at least 20 percent. Those are among the results of a survey by the...
View ArticleTruly not for profit
Pin ItHalf of Americans surveyed are cutting back on donations to non-profit groups in general, and nearly a third are cutting back on gifts to churches, according to a new survey by the Barna Group....
View ArticleTebow reception incomplete
Pin ItThe Super Bowl ad featuring Tim Tebow and his mother Pam received huge exposure and lots of positive feelings — but many viewers had no idea what it was about. That’s according to a survey...
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They’ll be back — not
Pin ItDo people get religion once they get married and get kids? Not necessarily, and not by a longshot. That’s the conclusion of a new Barna Group study that challenges the “They’ll Be Back” school of...
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Priest faces ouster
Pin ItThe Rev. Roy Bourgeois — who was notified in 2008 of his automatic excommunication from the Roman Catholic Church for participating in an ordination ceremony for a Kentucky woman — now faces...
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The churching of New York?
Pin ItSome surprising poll results are showing New Yorkers to be relatively more church-going and more Christian than they were a decade ago, but fewer of its Christians are strictly doctrinaire than...
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