Ed Stetzer
Conservatives defend Roy Moore — invoking Joseph, Mary and the Ten Commandments
By Emily McFarlan Miller — November 10, 2017
(RNS) — And they don't expect voters will abandon a darling of the religious right, in the Alabama race for a U.S. Senate seat, for the same reason they didn't abandon Donald Trump when he was faced with allegations of sexual assault.
Why most people leave religion? They just ‘stop believing’
By Kimberly Winston — September 22, 2016
(RNS) In a gloomy forecast for organized religion, only seven percent of the 'nones' say they are looking for a religion.
Christians respond to Orlando massacre
By Emily McFarlan Miller — June 13, 2016
(RNS) Not all LGBT Christians heard good news in some of the well-meaning statements made by prominent Christians after the mass shooting that killed 50 at an LGBT nightclub in Orlando, Fla.
Trump is a huge ‘loser’ with GOP Protestant pastors
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — January 28, 2016
(RNS) If they voted today, 4 in 10 GOP Protestant pastors would pick "undecided." Democrats picked Hillary Clinton.
Conflict and burnout among top reasons pastors quit
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — January 12, 2016
(RNS) Many say they found another calling, but a new survey shows the major pressures driving pastors out of the pulpit.
Why evangelicals are torn about admitting refugees to the US (ANALYSIS)
By Trevin Wax — November 18, 2015
(RNS) One evangelical pastor today told me, “My church members are all over the place on this!”
Who’s watching all that Christian media? Christians, but not many others
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — February 25, 2015
(RNS) But don't overlook that 1 in 3 of your neighbors is watching Christian TV, says a research expert.
U.S. churchgoers still sit in segregated pews, and most are OK with that
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — January 16, 2015
WASHINGTON (RNS) But beware, said LifeWay Research director Ed Stetzer: "If you don't like diversity, you're really not going to like heaven."
1 in 3 Americans want a divorce between clergy and civil marriages
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — December 2, 2014
Many say it's time for clergy to quit saying "By the power vested in me by the state … " during a church wedding.
Secularism grows as more U.S. Christians turn ‘churchless’
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — October 24, 2014
(RNS) Those four in 10 Americans who check "Christian" box on a survey, but never go to church, may really be post-Christian.
Arabic Twitter avatar illustrates #WeAreN solidarity with Iraqi Christians
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — July 25, 2014
(RNS) It's the symbol for "Nazarene," or Christian, used by Islamists in Iraq to brand Christian properties as part of their effort to drive out an ancient Christian community.
ANALYSIS: Fred Phelps’ hateful legacy may be the opposite of all he intended
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — March 20, 2014
WASHINGTON (RNS) The image of Christianity that Fred Phelps painted was a hateful, judgmental collection of rabble-rousers -- an image that, paradoxically, did more to help his targets than it advanced his message.
Behind the numbers: Religious ‘nones’ may not be who you think they are
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — March 13, 2014
The number of people who claim no religious brand is climbing the statistical ranks, but these "nones" may not be who you think they are.
Meet the ‘Nominals’ who are drifting from Judaism and Christianity
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — October 1, 2013
(RNS) Vague Jews and "mushy Christians" have a lot in common. Survey after survey finds many people who don't know or care about doctrine or practice still proudly claim a religious brand identity.
How Christians should respond to the Zimmerman verdict: An interview with Leroy Barber
By Jonathan Merritt — July 16, 2013
In the wake of the Zimmerman verdict, an African-American leader urges Christians to listen, learn, and lament.
