Going to church could save your life — no, seriously! A new study has found that women who worship more than once a week had a 33 percent lower mortality rate than those who stay at home. “Our results suggest that there may be something important about religious service attendance beyond solitary spirituality,” explained Tyler […]
The survey, which is conducted every five years since 2000, is based off of 209 American Protestant churches that have a congregation of 1,800 or more members. According to the survey, over 71 percent of megachurches surveyed said they experienced a growth in their average attendance of 10 percent or more in the last five […]
There is a disturbing trend I am noticing in churches. Maybe it is more in larger, contemporary churches than smaller, traditional churches. But since the majority of all churchgoers now attend larger churches this is of real concern. The trend is the decline in percentage attendance. In other words there are less people attending […]
The Ohio Department of Education says Cleveland is among seven school districts that were found to have improperly reported attendance data. The ODE referred the cases Monday for possible professional sanctions against individual educators or licensed staff. Punishment could range from suspension to license revocation. “I do not believe any of this was intentional. […]
David Murrow’s book, Why Men Hate Going to Church, struck a chord when it was published in 2005. Seven years later, male church attendance is still low. So David went searching for the answer. What he found is reported in Why Men Hate Going to Church: Completely Revised and Updated (Thomas Nelson). Drew Dyck talked with Murrow about […]
New research suggests that more Americans are choosing not to affiliate with any religious group. In a tracking poll conducted by the Pew Research Center, 19 percent of Americans did not classify themselves as a part of a religious sect. Previously, Barry Kosmin found that 6 percent of poll respondents identified themselves as religiously unaffiliated […]
A new alternative sentencing program offering first-time, nonviolent offenders a choice of a year of church attendance or jail time and fines is drawing fire from the American Civil Liberties Union as well as national attention, officials said Friday. “This policy is blatantly unconstitutional,” said Olivia Turner, executive director for the ACLU of Alabama. “It violates […]
A new alternative sentencing program offering first-time, nonviolent offenders a choice of a year of church attendance or jail time and fines is drawing fire from the American Civil Liberties Union as well as national attention, officials said Friday. “This policy is blatantly unconstitutional,” said Olivia Turner, executive director for the ACLU of Alabama. “It violates […]
Do men hate going to church? David Murrow says yes. “Christianity’s primary delivery system, the local church, is perfectly designed to reach women,” says Murrow, author of the book Why Men Hate Going to Church. Noting that studies in the U.S. show that women make up 60 percent of a typical congregation, he asks: “What […]
Do men hate going to church? David Murrow says yes. “Christianity’s primary delivery system, the local church, is perfectly designed to reach women,” says Murrow, author of the book Why Men Hate Going to Church. Noting that studies in the U.S. show that women make up 60 percent of a typical congregation, he asks: “What […]
Research used to compile the Outreach Magazine/LifeWay Research Largest and Fastest-Growing Churches in America lists indicates that attendance in the churches on the Fastest-Growing list has increased over last year. Combined, total attendance was 643,727, an increase of 75,246. The lists appear in Outreach magazine’s 2010 Outreach 100 Special Issue, published Sept. 15, 2010. To […]
Research used to compile the Outreach Magazine/LifeWay Research Largest and Fastest-Growing Churches in America lists indicates that attendance in the churches on the Fastest-Growing list has increased over last year. Combined, total attendance was 643,727, an increase of 75,246. The lists appear in Outreach magazine’s 2010 Outreach 100 Special Issue, published Sept. 15, 2010. To […]
