10%
Senior pastors of Protestant churches who are female, double the proportion of a decade ago.
58%
Of all female senior pastors, those who are in mainline churches.
23%
Of all male pastors, those who are in mainline churches.
Source: Barna Research
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8%
Self-described liberal Democrats who say abortion is a critical issue.
34%
Liberal Democrats who said this a year ago.
Source: Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life
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47%
Americans who say abortion should be legal in all or most cases,
54%
Americans who said this last year.
Source: Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life
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34%
Megachurch pastors who are involved with a sports league outside their church
32%
Megachurch pastors who are part of a denomination.
Source: Leadership Network
One formed me. The other entertained me.
The first woman tried to get free of God. But when she aligned herself with God’s purposes, she became the ‘Mother of All the Living.’
The initial departures, mostly concentrated in the South, represent around 6 percent of the denomination—not as dramatic as the “schism” some feared.
Not everything that’s a sin is a crime—let alone one punishable by death.
