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Understanding evangelicalism in America today - Religion News …
WEBAug 4, 2021 · By Terry Shoemaker. (The Conversation) — A precipitous decline in the number of Americans identifying as white evangelical was revealed in Public Religion Research Institute’s 2020 Census on ...
As Jews pray on Temple Mount, status quo in Jerusalem's holiest …
WEBDec 15, 2021 · Religious Jews arrive to pray at the Temple Mount, known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary, in the Old City of Jerusalem, Aug. 2, 2021. Jewish prayers at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site ...
Clergy shortage grows to more than 3k Catholics for every priest ...
WEBOct 16, 2020 · As of December 2018, the report shows, there are 1,328,993,000 Catholics in the world. As a result, there are an average of 14,638 people per priest, with an average of 3,210 Catholics per priest ...
5 Faith-facts about VP-elect Kamala Harris, a Black Baptist with a ...
WEBNov 7, 2020 · But because her parents divorced when she was 7, she also grew up in Oakland and Berkeley attending predominantly Black churches. Her downstairs neighbor, Regina Shelton, often took Kamala and her ...
Conservative United Methodists announce new name, logo, …
WEBMarch 1, 2021. By Emily McFarlan Miller. (RNS) — Conservative United Methodists have chosen a name for the denomination they plan to form if a proposal to split the United Methodist Church is ...
Catholic LGBTQ nuns are speaking up again, and this time they …
WEBJan 26, 2021 · VATICAN CITY (RNS) — In a new book, “ Love Tenderly: Sacred Stories of Lesbian and Queer Religious,” Catholic vowed sisters share their experiences of identifying as LGBTQ, while making it ...
What is a mainline Christian, anyway? - Religion News Service
WEBJul 8, 2021 · What is a mainline Christian, anyway? A recent survey raises new questions about an old tradition. In this July 20, 2014, photo, members of the congregation file out after Sunday morning worship ...
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How Jesus became white — and why it’s time to cancel that
WEBJun 24, 2020 · CHICAGO (RNS) — The first time the Rev. Lettie Moses Carr saw Jesus depicted as Black, she was in her 20s. It felt “weird,” Carr said. Until that moment, she’d always thought Jesus was ...