As the second year of the pandemic begins, two pastors share how COVID impacted their congregations and communities, as well as what other church leaders can learn from their tragic experiences.
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U.S. Protestant Pastors See Gender Change as Immoral
Around 3 in 4 Protestant pastors in the U.S. say identifying as a gender different from one’s biological birth gender is morally wrong.
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U.S. Churchgoers Say They’ll Return Post-COVID
Churchgoers aren’t attending yet at pre-pandemic levels, but most say they value gathering with their congregation and are anxious to do so when the threat of COVID-19 ends.
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10 Characteristics of Churches That Keep Young Adults
A Lifeway Research study of young adults raised in the church discovered certain characteristics can have an impact on the likelihood they drop out of church.
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Fewer Churches Held In-person Services in January
Most churches have found a way to continue meeting despite the ongoing pandemic, but fewer met in person in January as COVID-19 cases spiked across the country.
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4 Groups the Church Must Reach in a Post-Christian Era
The outward-focused church will have an enormous opportunity to reach the non-religious—and religious, for that matter—in the season to come.
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