In this season of Lent, it’s worth remembering how to “hurry slowly”
The forces of the current cultural moment make it easy to forget how Christianity has grown in the past.
A deep dive into the trajectory of nine denominations.
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 ...
UMC Denial, Episcopal Church Meltdown, Highly Paid Ministry Executives, and…THANKS!
ust weeks ago, 487 United Methodist churches were approved for disaffiliation from the denomination, bringing the total of ratified exits to 1,314. Hundreds more have already voted to exit and are awaiting final approval.
In a sign of declining staff and resources, one of the original “seven sisters” of mainline Protestantism in the United States is preparing to sell its Cleveland, Ohio, denominational headquarters.
The remaining Protestant denominational meetings this summer promise more comity than strife.
When the United Church of Christ (UCC) kicks off its General Synod on Sunday (July 11), the Rev. Traci Blackmon isn’t worried about fractious votes, conservative insurgencies, or to-do’s over high-level resignations — or calls ...