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Muslims expected to surpass Jews as second-largest U.S. religious group
By Michael Lipka, Pew Research Center
If current demographic trends hold, by 2050, Muslims are projected to be more numerous than people who identify as Jewish.
Millennials are the ‘don’t judge generation’ on sexual morality: Survey
By Cathy Lynn Grossman
A new survey finds the reasoning behind millennial beliefs might surprise older adults who are more rooted in religious doctrines.
According to a recent Pew Research Center study, the U.S. has moderate levels of both restrictions on religion and social hostilities toward religious groups.
2015 State of Atheism in America
By The Barna Group
This past year, Barna Group has spent a considerable amount of time studying the unchurched. Are the number of atheists and agnostics on the rise? Are more of the unchurched becoming unbelievers, too?
7.5 million people left religion since 2012: Three graphs from latest General Social Survey
By Tobin Grant | Religion News Service
A new survey shows that the Great Decline of religion in America continues. Since 2012, the U.S. has about 7.5 million Americans who are no longer active in religion. Last week, the 2014 General Social Survey (GSS) was released. The GSS is the gold standard for sociological surveys. Funded by the National Science Foundation this multi-million dollar study gives us…
What Millennials Want When They Visit Church
By The Barna Group
What do Millennials think of church? What pushes them away and what draws them in? And when they do visit a church, how are they hoping to be approached?
“Selma” a Work of Divine Inspiration and Timing
By Jeffrey Huston
It seems impossible to have a conversation with anyone involved in the making of “Selma,” without someone attributing its existence to a Higher Power.
Year-in-Review: Barna’s Top 10 Findings from 2014
By The Barna Group
From legalizing marijuana to increasing secularization trends to America’s complicated relationship with sports—2014 was an interesting year.
10 Facts About America’s Churchless
By The Barna Group
Since 1984, Barna Group has collected data and provided insight about the intersection of faith and culture, including exploring the behaviors and attitudes of those unconnected to churches. During the past three decades, Barna has conducted tens of thousands of interviews with unchurched people. Based on those interviews and the resulting “tracking data,” here are 10 facts about the “churchless” in America.
Sexual revolution is destroying families, Russell Moore tells Vatican conference
By Josephine McKenna
Prominent U.S. evangelicals Russell Moore and Rick Warren blasted the sexual revolution at a Vatican conference Tuesday (Nov. 18) and said it is destroying the institution of marriage.