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  Charlie Kirk’s AI resurrection reveals new era of digital grief

  AI-generated content flooded social media—and even were part of worship services—in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s killing, with supporters sharing images, videos and audio messages featuring the felled activist that were made by artificial intelligence.

  09/19/2025 - By Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service

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  Only two-thirds of U.S. Christians believe all have sinned

  Only 66 percent of American Christians accept the biblical teaching that all have sinned, George Barna said in the latest release from the 2025 American Worldview Survey he oversees at Arizona Christian University.

  09/17/2025 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  White church dedicates memorial to the enslaved

  A predominantly white church that sought to learn about its racial history has dedicated a memorial to the enslaved people who once worked on the building’s land in downtown Washington, D.C.

  09/17/2025 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

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  Slim majority backs physician-assisted suicide

  A Lifeway Research study of U.S. adults finds 51 percent think it is morally acceptable for a person facing a painful terminal disease to ask for a physician’s aid in taking his or her life.

  09/10/2025 - By Aaron Earls / LifeWay

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  Gen Z and Millennials top in church attendance

  For the first time in decades, Gen Z and Millennials are attending church more frequently than older adults, Barna and Gloo reported Sept. 3 from its latest State of the Church research.

  09/08/2025 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  Study: Women ministers resist misogyny with mentors

  With a total of six decades of ministry between them, Liz Ríos and Liz Mosbo VerHage were not surprised to learn that the vast majority of women ministers have faced misogyny.

  09/05/2025 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

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  Bible Society funds grants to boost Gen Z Bible use

  Could artificial intelligence or short TV episodes help young adults engage more with the Bible? The American Bible Society has issued grants to four Christian higher education institutions to encourage innovation in getting young adults more interested in Scripture.

  09/02/2025 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

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  Gallup poll reveals Americans’ views on moral issues

  Americans don’t see much wrong with using birth control or getting a divorce, but few support extramarital affairs or human cloning. The latest poll results from Gallup spell out what activities U.S. adults view as morally acceptable and which ones are seen as immoral.

  08/26/2025 - By Aaron Earls / LifeWay

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  Discipleship a priority without a plan for many churches

  In the first part of the State of Discipleship study from Lifeway Research, U.S. Protestant pastors shared their understanding of what discipleship means and how it best occurs.

  08/25/2025 - By Aaron Earls / LifeWay

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  Focus on the Family founder James Dobson dies at 89

  James C. Dobson, a psychologist who advocated a “family values” brand of conservative Christian morality on his popular radio shows and in his bestselling books, died Aug. 21. He was 89.

  08/22/2025 - By David Mark and Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

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  Nearly half of professing Christians don’t attend church

  About two-thirds of American adults—64 percent—say they are Christian, but of those, only 55 percent attend church, an American Bible Society study reported..  

  08/19/2025 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  Former pastors cite reasons for early exit from pastorate

  Few pastors leave the pulpit each year, but most of those who do say it was a personal decision, a Lifeway Research study of former senior pastors who stepped down before retirement age revealed.

  08/15/2025 - By Aaron Earls / LifeWay