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For the first time since the late 1930s, fewer than half of Americans say they belong to a church...
Gallup: Fewer than half of Americans belong to a church or other house of worship

But when it comes to medicine, count Graham an advocate.
Franklin Graham unfazed after evangelical base blasts him for encouraging vaccines

“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

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

“This is one great example of a partnership between government and faith-based organizations,” said [Melissa] Rogers
Fauci and Collins join interfaith leaders at cathedral vaccine ‘confidence event’

Moore’s criticism of the 45th president’s abusive behavior toward women and her advocacy for sexual abuse victims turned her from a beloved icon to a pariah in the denomination she loved all her life.
Bible teacher Beth Moore, splitting with Lifeway, says, ‘I am no longer a Southern Baptist’

In a January 2018 video, Palau disclosed to ministry supporters and friends that he had been diagnosed with late-stage lung cancer and that his illness was terminal.
Luis Palau, globe-trotting evangelist, is dead at 86

As troubling, white evangelicals are the least likely to say they should consider the health effects on their community when making a decision to be vaccinated.
Black Protestants aren’t least likely to get a vaccine; white evangelicals are

In video captured by The New Yorker, one of the insurrectionists perched atop the Senate dais paused to shout “Jesus Christ, we invoke your name!”
The insurrectionists’ Senate floor prayer highlights a curious Trumpian ecumenism
