The 10 men and women Americans say they most admire are still mostly political figures. But key faith leaders have also been mainstays on Gallup’s “Most Admired” list for decades.
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Well-Being is Down—How Churches Can Lift it Up
In the midst of the holiday cheer, many Americans may be feeling a little worse this year. Well-being among U.S. adults declined in 2017, according to Gallup.
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What Keeps the Dechurched Away and How Do We Get Them Back?
Gallup found 35 percent of Americans attended a place of worship growing up and now no longer go. The research firm asked these people why they’re no longer involved.
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Amid Growing Support, LGBT Americans Remain Unmarried
Regardless of gender or generation, LGBT individuals are more likely to be married to a person of the opposite sex than married to a same-sex spouse.
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Americans Increasingly Support Same-Sex Marriage Amid Confusion
Since the 2015 U.S. Supreme Court decision requiring every state to recognize same-sex marriages, support for allowing those marriages has continued to grow—particularly among groups who traditionally were opposed.
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What Does the Growth of Nondenominationalism Mean?
The future of American religion is increasingly being driving by the nones and nons—the religiously unaffiliated and the denominationally unaffiliated.
A new Gallup study finds the percentage of Americans who identify with a specific Protestant denomination has fallen from 50 percent in 2000 to 30 percent in 2016.
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