Church finances: Will COVID-19 finally be the end of the collection plate?
BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, reports on how in many churches in the US, the way in which people give of their finances is changing in a trend spurred on by the coronavirus pandemic…
Barring women as leaders in church may be bad for their health, new US study finds
RNS Going to church is generally touted as good for the soul. But there is also evidence church attendance can be good for your health – unless, that is, you are a woman at a church that bars women from preaching or other leadership roles. PICTURE: Illustration by Christopher Ross/Pixabay/Creative Commons A new study published in the […]
In the US, multi-racial churches growing, but racial unity may be elusive, says study
RNS Derwin Gray and his wife, Vicki, founded Transformation Church in Lancaster County, South Carolina, 10 years ago, with the goal of gathering a congregation that reflected the racial demographics of the public schools in the area just across the border from Charlotte, North Carolina. They more than succeeded. The non-denominational church led by a Black pastor […]
Study: Liberal congregations in US more politically active than conservative ones
RNS White evangelicals who comprise US President Donald Trump’s core base have attracted the lion’s share of attention for their political clout these past few years. But a new study of 1,262 congregations across the United States shows it is liberal congregations, and particularly Black churches, that have become substantially more engaged in political activity […]
Online church: US black churches use phones and Facebook to bridge digital divide amid COVID-19
ADELLE M BANKS reports for Religion News Service on how black churches in the US are working to help everyone get access to church online…