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JOHNSON: Gallup poll data on declining church attendance among young adults shows need for evangelism

April 21, 2021 Jessica A. Johnson

At the end of March, a Gallup poll revealed that U.S. church membership has fallen below 50% for the first time since 1937. When Gallup began tracking church affiliation during the latter years of the […]

JOHNSON: Many millennial and Gen Z churchgoers want to be devoted disciples

January 1, 2020 Jessica Johnson

One of the largest religion-based reports on millennials and Gen Z was published this month by Barna Group and World Vision. It’s an intriguing collaboration, as Barna Group focuses extensively on faith and culture, and World Vision is […]

HILL: Looking at diversity from another angle

August 28, 2019 Frank Hill

A young person recently brought up a question he heard during an interest meeting about joining a local church. “What is the church doing to diversify its membership?” another young man asked. “I look around […]

NC Methodists respond to historic summit on sexuality

March 6, 2019 North State Journal Staff

DURHAM — Last week a global conference of delegates from the United Methodist Church met in a called special session to determine the denomination’s path forward on gay marriage and clergy after recent years of […]

Masked gunman kills woman, wounds several others at Nashville church

September 27, 2017 North State Journal Staff

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Emanuel Kidega Samson, 25, has been charged with murder in Sunday’s attack on a Tennessee church. Samson is accused of shooting and killing churchgoer Melanie Smith, 39, in the parking lot of […]