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US Hispanic Protestant churches are young, growing and largely new to the country
By Alejandra Molina — January 30, 2023
(RNS) — 'We see more and more English-speaking churches either planting a Hispanic church or adding a service in Spanish to their current congregation,' said Giancarlo Montemayor with Lifeway Recursos.
Survey: White mainline Protestants outnumber white evangelicals, while ‘nones’ shrink
By Jack Jenkins — July 8, 2021
(RNS) — The ‘unprecedented’ dataset also suggests that white Christian decline, which accelerated in recent years, appears to have slowed.
Liturgy-hungry young Christians trade altar calls for Communion rails
By Kathryn Post — June 18, 2020
(RNS) — ‘Low’ or ‘free’ church Christians, raised on contemporary worship services with praise bands and dim lights, are seeking out ‘high church’ traditions replete with sacramental rituals and ancient liturgy.
Kate Bowler on how evangelical women carved a niche in celebrity culture
By Yonat Shimron — October 11, 2019
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) — Without any kind of theological credentials and while toeing the line of the subservient wife, many preachers' wives were as successful as their husbands in the capitalist marketplace, Kate Bowler's new book argues.
In historic votes, Lutherans elect two African-American women bishops
By Mark A. Kellner — May 7, 2018
(RNS) — The votes mark an inclusive step forward for the 'most white' of the nation's mainline Protestant denominations, according to Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton.
Pastors rarely asked to wed same-sex couples
By Adelle M. Banks — August 18, 2016
(RNS) Researchers also found that fewer than half of Protestant senior pastors say their churches permit LGBT people to serve, even in limited ways.
‘The End of White Christian America’ is meaningless
By Tobin Grant — July 12, 2016
It's a simplistic story wrapped in data.
Mainline decline? Depends on what you’re counting
By Tobin Grant — June 2, 2015
Mainline memberships are lower, but their organizational capacity may be stronger than ever.
Three words Protestants don’t understand (spoiler: the first is “Protestant”)
By Tobin Grant — May 14, 2014
Protestant? Evangelical? Mainline? The average Protetestant has no idea what you're talking about.
Poll: Bad sex a bigger problem for couples than religious differences
By Lauren Markoe — February 13, 2013
(RNS) According to a new poll, unchurched Americans expect to be spending Valentine's Day between the sheets. White mainline Protestants? Not so much.
Churches shifting summer worship from Sunday to Wednesday nights
By G. Jeffrey MacDonald — July 16, 2012
(RNS) More and more churches are rediscovering Wednesday -- a traditional midweek church night -- as a prime time to gather the flock for casual worship in summer. By G. Jeffrey MacDonald.
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