by Starlette Thomas | Dec 14, 2023 | Feature|News
Pastors are planning, on average, four events or activities to help members celebrate the Christmas season, according to a Lifeway Research study released on December 5. In addition to weekly worship services, most pastors in the U.S. are planning a Christmas Eve...
by Starlette Thomas | Dec 12, 2023 | Feature|News
More Americans (65%) say Hamas is responsible for the war in Gaza than the Israeli government (35%), according to a Pew Research Center report released December 8. A smaller percentage say the Palestinian people (20%) and the Israeli people (13%) bear “a lot” of...
by Starlette Thomas | Dec 11, 2023 | Feature|Opinion|The Raceless Gospel Initiative
I came to the Christian faith by way of the Holiness Pentecostal tradition. Holiness or hell, some would say it was an easy decision. But these days, the North American church makes me look sideways at my religious experience. They kept us in church all day with...
by Starlette Thomas | Dec 7, 2023 | Feature|News
All U.S. Protestant churches are meeting in-person since the end of the pandemic, according to a report released by Lifeway Research last month. Churches have also returned to pre-pandemic numbers and a new normal. Lifeway found that 99% of churches were meeting in...
by Starlette Thomas | Dec 6, 2023 | Feature|News
U.S. stereotypes of Asian Americans as a “model minority” and “forever foreigner” fuel discrimination, according to a report released by the Pew Research Center on November 30. More than half of Asian Americans (57%) say discrimination is a significant problem in the...
