by Liz Cooledge Jenkins | Jun 30, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
When people hear of the Southern Baptist Convention’s recent vote to reject the appeals of two churches who were expelled from the denomination for having female pastors, some wonder: Why would those churches want to stay in the denomination? Why not chart a...
by Zach Dawes Jr | May 10, 2023 | Feature-, News
The Southern Baptist Convention reported a continued decline in membership in 2022, even as the total number of baptisms increased. Total membership reported by SBC-affiliated churches for 2022 was 13,223,122, a decline of more than 457,000 members from 2021. This...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Jan 30, 2023 | News
Most U.S. adults say that religion is important in their lives, according to a YouGov / The Economist report published January 16. Religion is “very important” for 36% of respondents and “somewhat important” for 30%, while 21% say it is “not important at all” and 13%...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Jan 11, 2023 | News
Two thirds of U.S. adults (67%) attended a religious service weekly or almost every week as children but only 31% do so as adults, according to a Gallup report published in late-December 2022. Nearly one quarter (23%) seldom / never attended religious services as a...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Dec 6, 2022 | Opinion
I write these words sitting on an old, uncomfortable, wooden pew in an almost 500-year-old cathedral nestled at the foot of a volcano and adjacent to Lake Atitlán. When my conquistador ancestors entered the Mayan village named “house of the birds,” they tore down the...
