The death spiral of evangelicalism has long been written about in both the religious and mainstream press. The assumption is that evangelicalism has weathered the storms of… read more

As churches prepare to reopen, it’s fair to ask if COVID-19 has undone church decline. Over the last two months your congregation has gone through a transformation. You have … read more

(RNS) — The United States is steadily becoming less Christian and the number of people with no religion is rising. Those are the twin headlines from the latest Pew Research… read more

A favorite question of judicatory leaders to local church members is: What is the most important thing to you about your church?” Can you guess the most typical answer… read more

(RNS) — Church growth is something that almost every pastor and priest in the United States is concerned with on a daily basis. If churches want to continue to thrive in the … read more

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The nation’s largest Protestant denomination reported its twelfth year of declining membership in an annual report released last Thursday. The… read more