By Anjani Trivedi It looks like Americans are finally accepting gay marriage, even if nearly half still don’t approve of the same-sex unions. According to a new poll by the Pew Research Center, 72% of Americans say that legal recognition of gay marriage is inevitable, although only 51% actually approve of allowing it. The “rising…
By Melissa Steffan America has been gaining more than 600,000 new Christians each year—all without the help of any evangelism efforts. According to a new report from the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, 620,000 Christian immigrants received green cards in 2012, joining the nearly 250 million Christians in the U.S. overall. The data…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Presbyterian Church (USA)’s study on Christian marriage will be available for electronic download on April 29. The study, said Charles Wiley, coordinator for the Office of Theology and Worship (OTW), was tested in 13 churches during the past fall and winter and is now being revised with feedback from those…
By Melissa Steffan Sunday used to be a day reserved by many Christians for attending worship services, but new research indicates the extent to which American churches today are competing against myriad other activities. The biggest competition? Children’s sports. According to a new study published in the Review of Religious Research, an examination of declining…