Black US churchgoers report powerlessness in politics, agency in Black congregations
RNS The majority of Black church attenders in the US say African Americans generally feel politically powerless, but those worshippers also see Black congregations as a source of comfort and control, a new Barna Group study finds. Three in four Black church attenders – defined in the study as African Americans who attend a majority […]
“THE CONNECTED GENERATION”: SURVEY FINDINGS POINT TO ROLE DIGITAL TECH IS PLAYING IN THE LIVES OF 18 TO 35S
DAVID ADAMS speaks to Barna president David Kinnaman during his brief visit, hosted by World Vision Australia, to Melbourne last week to talk about the organisation’s landmark research into the “connected generation”…
Slavery history still affects blacks, half of practicing Christians say in survey
RNS Fifty per cent of practicing Christians say the history of American slavery continues to significantly affect the African American community today, a Barna study shows. A slightly smaller percentage of the general population of US adults surveyed (46 per cent) agrees that, almost 400 years after slaves were brought to Jamestown, Virginia, there remains […]