by Zach Dawes Jr | Jul 22, 2021 | News
Confidence among U.S. adults in the church or organized religion declined in 2021, along with all but one of the other institutions surveyed by Gallup. The report, published July 14, is an annual survey that asks respondents to share the level of confidence they have...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Jul 21, 2021 | Opinion
Two billionaires were launched into space in the past two weeks. I joined millions of others in watching the ships’ ascent, brief stay at the edge of space and descent back to earth. Thankfully, all went according to plan, with passengers on both ships returning...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Jul 19, 2021 | News
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought an estimated 320 million more people into a situation of food insecurity, according to the United Nations’ annual report, The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World, published July 12. Food security is defined in the report...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Jul 16, 2021 | News
Most U.S. churchgoers heard sermons in the fall of 2020 that mentioned the pandemic, the election and/or racism, according to a Pew Research Center report published July 8. Pew analyzed sermons published online between Aug. 31 and Nov. 8, 2020, finding that 83% of all...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Jul 8, 2021 | News
Warfare, droughts, famine, widespread hunger, floods, locust swarms and a global pandemic – all of these have been endured by the South Sudanese over the past decade. Amid the turmoil, faith leaders like Edward Dima, pastor of First Baptist Church in Kajo-Keji and...
