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Church & Ministry
Christians regularly attending weekly services also likely to be church members
If someone is regularly sitting in a church pew, their name is probably also on the church membership roll. According…
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Episcopal Church installs new leader amid declining membership
The Episcopal Church has installed a new leader as it deals with declining membership. The Right Rev. Sean Rowe was officially…
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As attendance drops, Jimmy Carter’s church hires female pastor
Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia, was accustomed to having a lot of visitors when former President Jimmy Carter taught…
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More than 1,200 churches left Southern Baptist Convention in 2022
The Southern Baptist Convention lost more than 1,200 churches in 2022, according to the SBC’s 2022 Annual Church Profile, which…
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Mennonite Church USA approves pastors performing same-sex weddings
Count the Mennonite Church USA among the denominations passing resolutions over same-sex weddings, pastor officiations, and other hot-button issues. But…
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Membership slide continues in mainline Episcopal Church
Membership in the Episcopal Church continues to decline. In one report, the number of baptized members dropped from 1.798 million to…
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In Moscow, Idaho, ‘Christian Reconstructionists’ thrive amid Evangelical turmoil
Evangelical groups in the U.S. are facing dwindling numbers. And a messy cultural fight over the direction of the movement might serve…
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Presbyterian Church (USA) is latest denomination to report losing membership, congregations
The Presbyterian Church (USA) is the latest denomination to report troubling membership losses. The PCUSA lost approximately 56,000 active members…
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