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Whether you are still “closed” in regard to large, indoor gatherings or have officially “opened” to socially distanced indoor services, most churches are finding the following two dynamics to be true: 1) safety protocols severely limit indoor attendance capacity; 2) most people are voting with their feet and choosing to stay home.

According to a new LifeWay Research Center survey, 98 percent of Protestant pastors have not endorsed a candidate from the pulpit this year, although 32 percent say they have endorsed a candidate “outside of their church role.”

People are leaving your church. I’ve read that more people leave during the fall than any other season. This isn’t because people become wanderlust; rather, most physical relocations due to work or some other issue are made during the summer before the fall school season begins. It takes a few months to find a new church home, so fall is a heightened time of transition.

According to a LifeWay Research survey, conflict is growing within churches over if and how churches should re-open.

Pastor Robert Jeffress asserted that Evangelicals who choose to vote for Joe Biden in the 2020 Presidential election have "sold their soul to the devil."

In a sweeping survey of thousands across 34 countries, the Pew Research Center wanted to discover whether people felt that you needed to believe in God in order to be moral. The results varied depending on economic development, education and age, with higher percentages in emerging economies holding to the importance of theism.

In a review of the recent book by Jenny Kleeman, Sex Robots and Vegan Meat, Eleanor Halls of the Telegraph wondered aloud, “Is science out of moral control?” The answer? Pretty much.

Throughout the years, many have turned to H. Richard Niebuhr, who classically outlined the various responses that could be made in light of the interplay between Christ and culture, with such famous typologies as “Christ Against Culture,” “Christ of Culture” and “Christ Above Culture.” Yet what Niebuhr actually explained is how two authorities—namely Christ and culture—compete with each another.

The pastor of the Rock Church in San Diego recently talked with Anderson Cooper on CNN about the dangers of an "us-versus-them" mentality. He urged everyone to remember that all people, even those we disagree with, are made in the image of God.

Faith leaders, like millions of other Americans, are reporting the negative impact the coronavirus pandemic is having on their mental health. It’s critical that all faith leaders know that they are not alone and that their own well-being is just as important as that of others.