Ryan Burge, Author at MinistryWatch
Just How Bad is Denominational Decline?
A deep dive into the trajectory of nine denominations.
June 20, 2023
Five traditions are down by at least 30%. The ELCA is down 41%. The United Church of Christ is less than half the size it was in the late 1980s. The United Methodists are already ...
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Young and Secular Are Least Likely To Get Vaccinated
August 5, 2021
The headlines are published nearly weekly: evangelical Christians are the ones who are the most reluctant to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Yet, when I review the data from a survey that was conducted on May 11, ...
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Why It’s Unlikely US Mainline Protestants Outnumber Evangelicals
July 19, 2021
It’s almost become a cliche at this point, but it bears repeating again — measuring religion is hard. No matter if you’re a social scientist who uses qualitative methods like interviews and focus groups or ...
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