Virtual worshippers often satisfied, but more Americans choose in-person services
United StatesReligion News Service At the height of the pandemic, many Americans who attended in-person worship services turned to their computers and their couches instead for virtual viewing. Now, the Pew Research Center finds a third of Americans regularly attend in-person worship services while a bit more than a quarter regularly watch religious services on […]
Essay: COVID-19 sent houses of worship online. Will congregations come back in person?
RYAN BURGE, pastor, author and assistant professor of political science at Eastern Illinois University, says – in an article first published on Religion News Service – that religious leaders can find concern and comfort in a survey about attendance at worship early in the pandemic…
A pandemic Christmas: Services move online, people stay home
Rome, ItalyAP Families that usually reunite on Christmas over a hearty, lingering meal celebrated apart Friday, services shifted online, and gift exchanges were low-key in one of the most unusual and subdued holiday seasons in decades. The coronavirus left almost no one unaffected. Christians attend a Christmas mass in Sacred Heart Cathedral in Lahore, Pakistan, […]