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  Barna: Pastors’ satisfaction and certainty of call in decline

  Protestant pastors are less satisfied with their jobs and church assignments and less confident in their spiritual callings, Barna Group research said in its latest study on pastoral resilience.

  03/21/2023 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  Fewer churches face small cash reserves, survey says

  After enduring difficult economic seasons recently, churches are better prepared for financial rainy days than they were prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

  03/21/2023 - By Aaron Earls / LifeWay

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  Preemptive Love and Search for Common Ground merge

  A year after ousting its founders, the Preemptive Love Coalition announced March 16 that it has merged with the international peace-building nonprofit Search for Common Ground.

  03/20/2023 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

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  Texas judge weighing permissibility of abortion pill

  Pro-life advocates and others are awaiting a Texas judge’s ruling on Mifepristone an abortion pill approved by the FDA in 2000.

  03/16/2023 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  AI raises questions about what it means to be human

  The rising popularity of artificial intelligence like ChatGPT is causing Christians to examine questions beyond the ethical nature of the technology, such as what it fundamentally means to be human.

  03/14/2023 - By Timothy Cockes / Baptist Press

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  Declining percentage of churchgoers in small groups

  As churches continue ministry in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, many find it increasingly difficult to grow their small groups.

  03/09/2023 - By Marissa Postell Sullivan / Lifeway Research

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  Las iglesias protestantes hispanas de los Estados Unidos dan prioridad a la próxima generación

  Debido a que muchas iglesias estadounidenses se esmeran por alcanzar a niños y a estudiantes o a poder retener a los jóvenes adultos en la iglesia, un tercio (35%) de la iglesia protestante hispana de los Estados Unidos tiene menos de 30 años.

  03/06/2023 - By Aaron Earls / LifeWay

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  Hispanic Protestant churches prioritize next generation

  As many American churches struggle to reach children and students or retain young adults, a third of the average U.S. Hispanic Protestant church is under 30, according to a Lifeway Research survey.

  03/06/2023 - By Aaron Earls / LifeWay

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  Beth Moore describes her ‘knotted-up life’ in memoir

  In her recently released memoir, All My Knotted-Up Life, Moore discusses difficult subjects such as abuse and mental illness.

  02/23/2023 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

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  Most see more than monthly attendance as standard

  Want to be considered a regular at a local church by those behind the pulpit and in the pews? Try showing up in person at least a couple times a month.

  02/23/2023 - By Aaron Earls / LifeWay

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  Asbury limits prayer services due to strained infrastructure

  Asbury University’s administration announced a new, limited schedule for prayer services in hopes of restoring order after the flood of visitors overwhelmed the limited infrastructure in Wilmore, Ky.

  02/22/2023 - By Fiona Morgan / Religion News Service

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  New study confirms chaplains’ impact on ICU families

  A new study of ICU patients’ family members confirms what many chaplains already know: Proactive, enhanced spiritual care leads to better spiritual and psychological outcomes.

  02/21/2023 - By Kathryn Post / Religion News Service