Although the pandemic disrupted family life across the U.S. since taking hold in spring 2020, some parents are grateful for one consequence: They're now opting to homeschool their children, even as schools plan to resume ...
At least 4,500 churches closed in 2019
A new study from Lifeway Research suggests more Protestant churches closed in 2019 than opened—continuing a decades-long congregational slide that is only expected to accelerate.
Religious conference planners and exhibitors, like the hundreds gathered in early March in Charlotte, are waiting to hear whether their meetings will go on as expected this year and contemplating how those conferences will look ...
The nonprofit sector lost almost a million jobs during the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, with losses in the health care and education fields accounting for almost three out of five job losses.
Leave it to a children’s minister to explain the apostle Paul’s spiritual transformation by making a video about the conversion of eggs, flour, sugar, and chocolate into brownies. And don’t be surprised when that minister ...
Job recovery across nonprofits continued to be sluggish in January with the workforce still down almost 8 percent compared with pre-pandemic levels, but the category including religious organizations made slight gains, according to an analysis ...
Religion News Association Names Top 10 Stories of the Year
The website BibleGateway.com, which allows users to read and search the text of multiple translations of the Bible, saw unusual spikes in related searches around the first COVID-19 lockdowns last spring, the killing of George ...
Christian aid ministries are mobilized to respond to natural disasters—but in an already busy year, the pandemic adds extra challenges that leave many strapped for volunteers.
Hundreds of San Francisco Catholics took to the streets Sept. 20 to participate in a “Free the Mass” march protesting the city’s restrictions on religious services, which currently ban indoor worship even as malls, salons ...
