By Christy Barritt Ministers Are Hurting In a national survey of Protestant ministers conducted by LifeWay Research, more than half of the ministers who responded said they felt discouraged. Other facts discovered during the survey were focused on loneliness. Fifty-five percent of ministers said they were lonely. Those ministers more likely to be lonely […]
By Christy Barritt Christian After-School Club Wins Appeal A school district in Minnesota was found to have discriminated against a Christian club meeting within one of its schools. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed an earlier decision by a lower court that said the club could not pray on campus. The Good […]
By Christy Barritt High School Football Coach Scrutinized for Team Meals A high school football coach in Walker County, Georgia came under attack by an atheist organization after several local churches provided pregame meals for the team. The Freedom From Religion Foundation sent a letter to the county’s school superintendent and requested that the […]
By Christy Barritt Multisite Churches on the Rise Currently more than 5,000 churches in America provide more than one location for worship according to the Leadership Network. That number has multiplied in the past decade, given that in 2002 there were only 200. “Multisite is truly a ‘new normal’ in cities large and small, […]
By Christy Barritt Women and the Church Recently the Barna Group released a study as part of their “Christian Women Today” series that addressed the question, “Are women happy at church?” The study included 603 U.S. women who are Christians and attend church. A majority of women said they have “a great deal of […]
