Church Attendance

Women raising kids alone say worship can be a lifeline or a logistical burden.

Rebecca McLaughlin’s latest book shows the radical health benefits of church attendance.

But American churchgoers average only two out of every five Sundays.

New global data shows what makes for a flourishing life. It isn’t what we think.

Under the fluorescent lights, we come to commune, not to be entertained.

Twenty-three percent of Americans don’t all look, vote, or pray the same.

Like the Good Samaritan, we’re called to offer a healing balm, not pour salt on their wounds.

Broken bonds and burned bridges can’t be mended by imaginary networks of relationships.

Young, evangelical, and African American churchgoers ask the most.

Church attendance is down. Giving is iffy. Ministers are tired. But God is with us in lean times too.