By Aaron Earls Church pews may be full of teenagers, but a new study says college students might be a much rarer sight on Sunday mornings. Two-thirds (66 percent) of American young adults who attended a Protestant church regularly for at least a year as a teenager say they also dropped out for at least a year between the ages of 18 and 22, according to a new study from … [Read more...]
Survey Finds Americans Want More Christ This Christmas
By Aaron Earls NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Most Americans want more religious meaning to the Christmas season, and for some that includes the seasonal greetings we say to each other. A new study from Nashville-based LifeWay Research found two-thirds of Americans (65 percent) say, “Christmas should be more about Jesus.” Those looking for more Christ in Christmas in 2018 are … [Read more...]
Most Churchgoers See Sunday as Sabbath
By Aaron Earls NASHVILLE, Tenn. — According to Genesis, God created everything in six days before resting on the seventh. But around a quarter of churchgoers say they don’t follow His example. Seventy-seven percent of churchgoers say they take an intentional day of rest and most do so on Sunday, according to a new study of Protestants who attend church once a month or … [Read more...]
Most Protestant churchgoers still abstain when it comes to alcohol
By Carol Pipes NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Most churchgoers say the Bible teaches against drunkenness. But that doesn’t stop about 4 in 10 from taking a drink now and then. While 41 percent of Protestant churchgoers say they consume alcohol, 59 percent say they do not. That’s a slight shift from 10 years ago, according to a new study by Nashville-based LifeWay … [Read more...]
Analysis estimates contribution of non-reporting SBC congregations
By Staff NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Long-standing patterns continued to dominate the 2017 Annual Church Profile report released in June. The number of congregations affiliating with the Southern Baptist Convention increased over 2016 totals, while reported membership and baptisms continued their year-over-year decline. But that’s not the whole story, according to Scott … [Read more...]
