by Zach Dawes Jr | Feb 8, 2022 | News
Religious life in the U.S. has diversified amid an overall decline in religious affiliation. This was one of the key findings from a report published in mid-January by Duke University’s National Congregations Survey (NCS) that seeks to provide insight on communal...
by John D. Pierce | Jan 11, 2022 | Jesus Worldview Initiative, Opinion
There’s much wringing of hands over the various studies showing a continuing decline in affiliation with institutionalized religion in the U.S. Identifiable factors and suggested solutions are aplenty. Those with more expertise than I are offering strategies to deal...
by Starlette Thomas | Jan 10, 2022 | Opinion, The Raceless Gospel Initiative
The church in North America is experiencing a crisis of meaning. What the religious institution meant for previous generations and the role that sacred spaces play in community has changed. No longer the center of the community or our lives due to overcrowded...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Dec 15, 2021 | News
Nearly a third (29%) of U.S. adults do not affiliate with a religious tradition, a 13-point increase since 2007, according to a Pew Research Center report published Dec. 14. Of this total, 4% identify as atheist, 5% as agnostic and 20% as nothing in particular....
by Timothy J. Bonner | Oct 21, 2021 | Opinion
My family is really not all that messed up. Yet, although he is a red-blooded, white American male, my brother-in-law says he’s not a Christian anymore. Now, he only refers to himself as “a follower of Jesus.” Why? He doesn’t want to be associated with the stereotype...
