by Keith Herron | Apr 28, 2021 | Opinion
Houses of faith are now considering a deliberate move back to in-person worship as the number of inoculations is rising. But no one believes we will simply take off our masks and step back in time to a previous way of being. We cannot simply go back to the way things...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Apr 13, 2021 | News
Religiosity in the U.S. was relatively unchanged last year, according to a Gallup report published in late March. Just under half (48%) of respondents affirmed that religion was “very important” in their lives. While only a one-point drop from 2019, this is the lowest...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Mar 31, 2021 | News
A majority (76%) of U.S. adults who typically attend religious services at least monthly are confident that they now can safely attend an in-person faith gathering, according to a Pew Research Center report published March 22. This is a 12-point increase from July...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Mar 30, 2021 | News
Fewer than half of U.S. adults now claim membership in a church, mosque or synagogue, according to a Gallup report published March 29. This is the first time in polling history when a majority has not done so, following a decades-long membership decline. Gallup began...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Mar 15, 2021 | News
A strong majority (91%) of churchgoers plan to return in-person for worship services “when COVID-19 is no longer an active threat to people’s health,” according to a LifeWay Research report published March 9. Nearly a quarter (23%) say they’ll be doing so with greater...
