Moralistic Therapeutic Deism is pretty much deinstitutionalized mainline Protestantism, is it not? If the purpose of the church is to convert the world, and the world is converted to your idea of ...

There she first emphasized the complicated leadership role women have played in American Protestantism. By the first half of the 20th century, her research showed, “fundamentalists had adopted the ...

By contrast, only 27% of Black Protestant clergy and 21% of liberal or mainline Protestant clergy reject it. The study of 1,600 U.S. congregational leaders across the religious spectrum was conducted ...

Nearly 80 percent of evangelical Protestant pastors reject the scientific consensus that the climate is changing and human actions are a major cause, according to a new report. Only about one-quarter ...

Arguments on whether or not what would be the nation’s first religious charter school can open in Oklahoma will be heard before the U.S. Supreme Court late April.

The report also found that more growth was reported among Evangelical pastors than Mainline Protestant pastors, with 57% of Evangelical congregations reporting at least 4% growth versus 46% of ...

Davidson. "It's partly a matter of networking," says Davidson, a sociologist of religion. "Even today, people in the three mainline Protestant religions -- Episcopalian, Presbyterian and United Church ...

When it comes to basic statistics, the 1960s and ‘70s were the high-water mark for liberal mainline Protestants. Pews were often full and strategic mergers — such as the process that eventually ...

“The study found that 87% of evangelical clergy said they would encourage their congregants to seek help from a mental health professional when suffering from depression. (85% of Black Protestants, 97 ...