Pew Research Center
The survey of 6,485 U.S. adults polled online in September...
Survey: Americans think bad things just happen; God is not responsible
by: Yonat Shimron Nov. 23, 2021 (RNS) — Few Americans blame God when bad things happen in their lives, according to a new Pew Research Center survey that looks atRead More
Among Catholics overall, Biden — himself a Catholic — fought Trump to a stalemate
Study: Trump expanded evangelical support in 2020, but Biden gained with other white Christians
by: Jack Jenkins WASHINGTON, July 2, 2021 (RNS) — A new survey reports former President Donald Trump expanded his robust support among white evangelicals in the 2020 election, but PresidentRead More
When Aten, executive director of the Humanitarian Disaster Institute at Wheaton College, began to urge his fellow evangelicals to get vaccinated, however, things got ugly.
For evangelical leader Jamie Aten, advocating for vaccines led to a death threat
By: Bob Smietana April 27, 2021 (RNS) — Jamie Aten has spent years trying to help his fellow evangelicals deal with disasters. In the past, when he wrote about hurricanes,Read More
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
by: Yonat Shimron March 5, 2021, (RNS) — Since before the COVID-19 vaccines hit the market, it has been predicted that Black Americans would choose to be vaccinated at dramaticallyRead More
Perhaps not surprisingly, nearly half of white evangelicals in the U.S. (49%) said their faith grew stronger...
Survey: Americans most likely to say pandemic has boosted their faith
by: Yonat Shimron Jan. 27, 2021 (RNS) — Faith is one way some people cope with crisis. But according to a new Pew Research survey of 14 countries, the coronavirusRead More
A total of 294 House and Senate members are Protestant Christians, out of a possible 535...
117th Congress, like the old, is overwhelmingly Christian, heavily Protestant
by: Yonat Shimron Jan. 4, 2021 (RNS) — The 117th session of Congress got off to a testy start on Sunday (Jan. 3), including an opening prayer from an ordainedRead More
That’s the finding in the latest Pew Research poll, which found that 63% of Americans say churches and other houses of worship should stay out of politics...
Americans to religious organizations: Stay out of politics
by: Yonat Shimron Nov. 15, 2019 (RNS) — As Americans gear up for a long and bitterly contentious presidential election year, their message to religious leaders and institutions couldn’t beRead More
Yesterday marked the end of the first full month in decades in which the U.S. resettled zero refugees.
Opinion: Trump’s refugee cap compromises the US economy and American identity
by: Scott Arbeiter Nov. 1, 2019 (RNS) — Yesterday marked the end of the first full month in decades in which the U.S. resettled zero refugees. How did this happen?Read More
Put another way, people aren’t leaving faith, but they are actively leaving Christianity.
Opinion: Christianity as we know it is dying. Let’s welcome the new life ahead.
by: Amy Butler Oct. 30, 2019 (RNS) — In a recent study, Pew reported that 26% of Americans now self-identify as religiously unaffiliated, up from 17% just 10 years ago.Read More