by Terry Shoemaker, Arizona State University The extent to which the number of white evangelicals have declined in the United States has been laid bare in a new report by the Public Religion Research Institute’s 2020 Census on American Religion. The institute’s study found that only 14% of Americans identify as white evangelical today. This is a drastic decline since 2006, … [Read more...] about Why Some Younger Evangelicals Are Leaving the Faith
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Survivor of Wreck That Killed 8: ‘I’m Not Strong. My God Is’
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press AUBURN, Ala. (AP) A girls home director who was driving a van that crashed in Alabama, killing two of her own children, two nephews and four other youths, wept Thursday at a remembrance where she said religious faith has sustained her since the wreck. Standing before a crowd of hundreds, Candice Gulley, the only person to survive in the … [Read more...] about Survivor of Wreck That Killed 8: ‘I’m Not Strong. My God Is’
Billy Graham’s 1940s North Carolina Cottage is For Sale to Help with Granddaughter’s Medical Treatments
(CBN News) The home of the late “pastor to presidents” is for sale. The late evangelist Billy Graham and his wife, Ruth Bell Graham, who died in 2007, bought the Montreat, North Carolina, house in the 1940s because it was “right across the street from my grandparents,” a press release from their daughter, Ruth Graham, stated. “I was born during the time my family lived in … [Read more...] about Billy Graham’s 1940s North Carolina Cottage is For Sale to Help with Granddaughter’s Medical Treatments
In Resignation Letter, Cornel West Says Harvard Constitutes ‘Intellectual and Spiritual Bankruptcy’
by Alejandra Molina (RNS) Scholar and progressive activist Cornel West, who earlier this year announced he would be resigning from Harvard University's divinity school, released a June 30 letter to the school's dean outlining his reasons for leaving and accusing the administration of "narcissistic academic professionalism.” In sending the letter out on social media, West … [Read more...] about In Resignation Letter, Cornel West Says Harvard Constitutes ‘Intellectual and Spiritual Bankruptcy’
Study: Regular Bible Readers Experienced More Stress in 2020, But Also More Hope
(Christianity Today) Ainslee Moss felt the full weight of 2020. For her, the year included juggling the responsibilities of running several nonprofit thrift stores in York County, South Carolina, directing a women’s shelter ministry, coordinating drop-offs for new mothers and seniors unable to leave their home in the pandemic, and traveling back and forth to the hospital … [Read more...] about Study: Regular Bible Readers Experienced More Stress in 2020, But Also More Hope