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More Methodists Support Clergy Performing Gay Weddings
More United Methodists are throwing their support behind clergy in California who want to perform same-sex "marriages" despite the denomination's stance that homosexual practice is "incompatible with Christian teaching."
Study: Who Really Are the 'Unchurched'?
With churches largely mapping out their local mission around what they identify to be an "unchurched" population, a research firm set out to paint a clearer picture of who unchurched Americans really are. "Many people don\'t really have a basic notion even of just what it means to be \'unchurched,'" said Ron Sellers.
Study: Evangelicals Lesser Known than Homosexuals
More Americans are acquainted with a gay or lesbian person than an evangelical, according to a recent study.
Study: Religious Congregations Have Lowest Mortality Rate
Religious congregations in the United States have a "mortality rate" of 1 percent, which is the lowest among other organizations, according to a newly published study.
Poll: Most Americans Say Moral Climate is Getting Worse
Few Americans give the country's moral climate high marks, and the latest survey revealed that they feel it's only getting worse.
Survey: Americans Divided on Homosexuality as Sin
Americans are nearly evenly divided on whether they believe homosexual behavior is a sin, a new survey showed.
So. Baptists Stand Against IMB's Tongues, Baptism Guidelines
A group of Southern Baptists are revisiting a controversy by calling their international missions agency to remove restrictions from candidates who speak privately in tongues and have been baptized by immersion following conversion, but was not baptized by a proper administrator or another Baptist who believes in eternal security.
Survey: Southern Baptists Differ Starkly with Public on Key Issues
Southern Baptist pastors are still very conservative especially when compared to the average Americans on politics and issues such as global warming and stem cell research.
Christians Hungry for Sermon Podcasts
Christians are statistically on par with national norms when it comes to being plugged in to digital technologies and social networks, a new study showed. But the study also found that the country's faithful is even more in tune with podcasting than other adults are.
Presbyterians Advertise to Reverse Declining Membership
Presbyterians in Tennessee are the latest group of mainline Protestants to plaster ads about their denomination in a push to reverse declining membership.