by Starlette Thomas | Jun 4, 2024 | Feature-, News
A new Lifeway study gauges U.S. Protestants’ participation in and perceptions of prison ministry. Sponsored by several prison ministries, the survey also measures their actions and attitudes toward current inmates and those previously incarcerated in a jail,...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jul 9, 2018 | News
Protestant churchgoers in the U.S. do not change membership often, but theology is the primary reason when they do, according to a LifeWay Research report released on June 26. Sixty-two percent of all survey respondents have attended their current church for at least...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | May 25, 2016 | News
Nearly unanimous support exists among U.S. Protestant churches for ministry to persons during incarceration and upon their release, but few make it a priority, according to a LifeWay Research survey. “Eighty-three percent of pastors have visited a correctional...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Mar 8, 2016 | News
A strong majority (86 percent) of U.S. Protestant pastors affirm that Christians are called to “care sacrificially for refugees and foreigners,” and 98 percent said they were “at least somewhat informed” about the Syrian refugee crisis. Yet,...
by Randy Hyde | Jan 25, 2012 | Opinion
Doing and being church in today’s world is unlike ever before. Nor does it seem to get any easier, to be sure. After I posted complaints on Facebook about the way I felt my Arkansas Razorback football team was being mistreated earlier this season by the...