By G. Jeffrey MacDonald From Faith and Leadership Editor’s note: Research for this story was funded by The BTS Center, a Maine-based think tank focused on 21st-century faith communities. It included visits to nearly two dozen vital mainline congregations that have...
By Brie Loskota The following was edited from Brie Loskota’s opening remarks at Reimagining Religion: A Conversation about the Future of Religion, held at University of Southern California on February 9, 2017. We are in a period of flux, a period of rapid and...
The history behind evergreens, ornaments, and holiday gift giving. From Christianity Today By Edwin and Jennifer Woodruff Tait The evergreen tree was an ancient symbol of life in the midst of winter. Romans decorated their houses with evergreen branches during the New...
From Baptist News Global By Jeff Brumley The news just never seems to get better for American churches. A poll released this month [September 2016] confirms statistically what clergy and congregations are hearing anecdotally and through the media practically all the...
From Barna Group Society is undergoing a change of mind about the way religion and people of faith intersect with public life. That is, there are intensifying perceptions that faith is at the root of a vast number of societal ills. Though it remains the nation’s most...
