Self-identified Christians often have a complicated relationship with payday loans and the lenders who offer them.
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Most Pastors, Churchgoers See More Than Monthly Attendance as Standard
Emerging from a period of paused physical gatherings, pastors and churchgoers are considering what regular church attendance means.
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Pastors Encourage Racial Reconciliation, Churchgoers Want More Diversity in the Church
U.S. Protestant pastors are doing more to encourage racial reconciliation. Still, most churchgoers want more ethnic diversity in the church.
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Churchgoers Value Time Alone With God, Practice Varies
Most churchgoers value regularly spending time alone with God, but this time looks different from person to person.
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Churchgoers Increasingly Prefer a Congregation That Shares Their Politics
Half of U.S. Protestant churchgoers say they’d prefer to attend a church where people share their political views, and most believe that to be the case at their congregation already.
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Southern Baptists See Baptisms and Giving Rebound in 2021
Southern Baptist congregations saw a rebound in the number of baptisms and an increase of $304 million in overall giving in 2021, both hopeful signs congregations are recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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