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The (Faith Communities Today) survey, fielded just before the coronavirus lockdown, finds that half of the country’s estimated 350,000 religious congregations had 65 or fewer people in attendance on any given weekend.
Study: Attendance hemorrhaging at small and midsize US congregations
by: Yonat Shimron Oct.14, 2021 (RNS) — A new survey of 15,278 religious congregations across the United States confirms trends sociologists have documented for several decades: Congregational life across theRead More
In his new role, Moore will help launch a Public Theology Project and will serve as its leader...
Russell Moore, Baptist ethicist and Trump critic, to leave ERLC for Christianity Today
by: Bob Smietana NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 18, 2021 (RNS) — Russell Moore, the embattled Southern Baptist ethicist and “Never Trumper,” is resigning as president of his denomination’s Ethics and ReligiousRead More
"fashioned a deceitful scheme to manipulate the Executive Committee of Liberty"
Liberty University sues former President Jerry Falwell Jr. for $10 million, citing conspiracy, breach of contract
by: Bob Smietana April 16, 2021 (RNS) — Liberty University, one of the nation’s largest Christian universities, is suing former President Jerry Falwell Jr. for $10 million, citing a breachRead More
PBS Newshour interviews SBC leader
Russell Moore: “A vaccination is not only something that’s acceptable for Christians”
“A vaccination is not only something that’s acceptable for Christians. It’s something we ought to thank God that we have the technology for because it’s going to get us backRead More
“Aaron’s actions are antithetical to everything that we believe and teach as a church...”
Church removes Atlanta shooting suspect from membership, urges ‘no blame’ on victims
by: Adelle M. Banks March 19, 2021 (RNS) — The church of the alleged gunman in the fatal shootings of eight people, including six Asian women, in Atlanta-area spas hasRead More
Of the seismic changes brought by COVID-19, the expansion of online platforms for churches is perhaps the biggest.
Churches’ embrace of technology likely permanent
by: Scott Barkley NASHVILLE, March 10. 2021 (BP) – Facebook timelines changed forever on Sunday, March 15, 2020. Many if not most churches opted to go digital-only that day afterRead More
Southern Baptist leaders responded by calling for prayer for Biden and the country.
Biden projected as presidential winner; prayer urged
by Tom Strode WASHINGTON, Nov. 7, 2020 (BP) — Democrat Joe Biden was projected as the winner of the closely contested 2020 presidential election by media outlets Saturday (Nov. 7),Read More
The back and forth may be part of a bigger problem for the LifeWay board of trustees: the Christian publisher’s steep financial challenges.
LifeWay lawsuit against former CEO Thom Rainer remains on file
by: Yonat Shimron Oct. 2, 2020 (RNS) — First it sued its former CEO. Then it said it would seek a negotiated settlement. But now, the Southern Baptist Convention’s publishingRead More