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by Yonat Shimron (RNS) Americans are becoming more confident they can attend in-person religious services but church attendance at Easter services will still be far lower than usual this year, a new Pew Research poll finds. The poll, conducted in early March among 12,055 Americans, finds the percentage of regular attenders who say they actually have attended religious … [Read more...] about Poll: 4 in 10 U.S. Christians Plan To Attend in-Person Easter Services

(ChurchLeaders) After holding a prayer service for the eight victims of last week’s shootings in Atlanta, Crabapple First Baptist Church (FBC) voted to expel from membership the man who’s been charged with the murders. Under church bylaws, congregants voted to remove Robert Aaron Long, 21, from the Milton, Georgia, church, saying they “can no longer affirm that he is truly a … [Read more...] about Church Expels Accused Shooter: ‘We Can No Longer Affirm He Is a True Believer’

(ChurchLeaders) A mass shooting perpetrated by Robert Aaron Long in Atlanta, Georgia, Tuesday has caused national outrage and has intensified already fraught conversations within evangelicalism about race and sexuality.  “Mercy,” tweeted Duke Kwon, lead pastor of Grace Meridian Hill in Washington D.C., “8 shot dead in metro Atlanta, most or all victims of … [Read more...] about Church Leaders React to Spa Shootings with Outrage, Introspection: ‘I Cried a Lot Today’

(The Washington Post) From his couch in Dallas, Ben Kirby began asking questions about the lifestyles of the rich and famous pastors when he was watching some worship songs on YouTube on a Sunday morning in 2019. While listening to a song by Elevation Worship, a megachurch based in Charlotte, the evangelical churchgoer noticed the lead singer’s Yeezy sneakers were worth nearly … [Read more...] about Preachers and Their $5,000 Sneakers: Why One Man Started an Instagram Account Showing Churches’ Wealth