News

Go Figure

Stats on theology, marriage, and evangelical self-image.

Discipleship

48% Evangelicals who listed violence, hatred, bigotry, intolerance, and lack of love for others negative contributions of the Christian population to American society.

25% Americans in general who listed such failings of the Christian population. Evangelicals were also the group least likely to say they couldn’t think of negative contributions.

Source: Barna Research

Theology

See figure here on pastors who identify themselves as Reformed or Wesleyan/Arminian.

Source: Barna Research

Family

42% Weekly churchgoers who say a marriage where the husband provides for the family and the wife takes care of the home and children is the more satisfying way of life.

25% Occasional churchgoers who say this.

Source: Pew Research Center

Marriage

Compared to your parents, is your relationship with your spouse/partner:

51% Closer

43% About the same

5% Less close

Source: Pew Research Center

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The CT archives are a rich treasure of biblical wisdom and insight from our past. Some things we would say differently today, and some stances we've changed. But overall, we're amazed at how relevant so much of this content is. We trust that you'll find it a helpful resource.

Cover Story

Chasing Methuselah

Todd T. W. Daly

Unreasonable Doubt

Jim Spiegel

How to Teach Sex

Stanton L. Jones

Review

The Center of the Good News

Changing Forever How You Think

John Wilson

Wilson's Bookmarks

John Wilson

The Enduring Church

Jennifer Powell McNutt

Filling the Dad Gap

Review

Luminous Slice of China

Cindy Crosby

Connoisseur for Christ: Roberta Green Ahmanson

Christine A. Scheller

Books to Note

News

'Chilling Verdict'

Ken Walker

News

Bhutan Budges

Compass Direct News

Flunking Pew's Pop Quiz

News

Generic Christian U.

Bobby Ross Jr.

The Meaning of Business

Interview by Rob Moll

Give to Street People?

Gary Hoag

Excerpt

Wise Stewards

Michael W. Austin

My Top 5 Books on Poetry for the Soul

Roger Lundin

Editorial

Cracks in the Crystal Cathedral

A Christianity Today Editorial

Sudan's Politics of Prayer

News

Constructing Peace

Moses Wasamu in Nairobi, Kenya

The Rush to Reconcile

Tony Carnes

Readers Write

News

A Developing Nation Inside the U.S.

Nicole Russell and Mark Moring

A God-Sized Food Bank

Nicole Russell

News

CIA Releases Missionary Plane Shooting Report, Church Bolts over ELCA Agricultural Proposal & More

Stay Young! Live Longer!

News

Top 10 News Stories of 2010

CT staff

News

Boarding Bust: Schools for Missionary Kids See Lower Attendance

Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra

News

Resist the TSA?

Compiled by Trevor Persaud

Interview: Condoleezza Rice's Faith Context for Foreign Policy

Interview by Sarah Pulliam Bailey

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