Sight-Seeing: Why is the church failing in the West?
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE explores why the Catholic Church is “failing in many Western countries”…
In the US, religious attendance flatlining, but giving remains strong – study
RNS All the available hard evidence – not to mention a look around many houses of worship – shows that religious congregations are declining. As congregants increasingly head for the exits, younger Americans, who say they have no religion, are far less likely than previous generations to join a church. But a new nationally representative study from […]
ESSAY: ARE US CHURCHES WILLING TO LOVE THEIR YOUNG PEOPLE MORE THAN THEIR POLITICS?
In an article first published by Religion News Service, SCOTT MCCONNELL, executive director of US firm LifeWay Research, looks at the findings of a new survey showing an increasing number of young people citing politics as the reason they left the church…
BOOKS: NUMBERS DOWN? NEW APPROACHES TO ADDRESSING CHURCH DECLINE
DARREN CRONSHAW finds Jeffrey D Jones’ Facing Decline, Finding Hope: New Possibilities for Faithful Churches a refreshing take on what a ‘successful’ church looks like…