Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra, Christianity Today. American Protestants are keeping their children in the faith at a higher rate than Catholics or the unaffiliated, according to the latest study from the Pew Research Center. Four out of five children raised by two Protestant parents remained Protestant into adulthood. For those raised in Protestant homes where religion was…
By Chelsen Vicari, Juicy Ecumenism. The following remarks were made by Chelsen Vicari at the annual Springtime of Faith Foundation on April 25 in Nashville, Tennessee. Last year, I talked to you about a very personal issue highlighting several areas of common ground that our Christian communities share when it comes to the harmful effects…
By Conrad Hackett Many people may not know that less than 1% of the world’s Christians live in the place where Christianity began — the Middle East-North Africa region. With only about 4% of its residents identifying as Christian, the region’s share of Christians is the smallest in the world, according to a 2011 Pew…
As the pontificate of Benedict XVI winds down, many American Catholics express a desire for change, according to a new survey report by the Pew Research Center. For example, most Catholics say it would be good if the next pope allows priests to marry. And fully six-in-ten Catholics say it would be good if the…