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Managing conflict constructively
Left to fester, conflict can lead church members to leave, finances to plummet, faith to be forever lost. It doesn’t have to be this way.
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Churches using the Internet to their advantage
That Americans have embraced the Internet is no longer news. Several polls by Gallup and the Pew Research Center show that 73 percent of Americans use the Internet, and 60 percent of those have high-speed connections.
More >The Changing Nature of Worship
A church in Illinois streams video of a sermon from the home church miles away and displays it on a large screen. A church in California offers half a dozen “video cafes,” each featuring different types of worship music to correspond to the different tastes of its participants. These are just a few of the changes taking place as U.S. congregations grapple with new technologies and contemporary idioms in worship.
More >Congregations and Social Service
Whatever one’s perspective on the federal government's faith-based initiative, one thing is clear: Religious congregations do make a difference in people’s lives.
More >Meet Your Neighbors: Interfaith FACTs
“Meet Your Neighbors: Interfaith FACTs,” by Faith Communities Today, offers a comparative look at the beliefs and practices of Christian, Jewish and Muslim congregations across the United States.
More >Emerging adults least likely to engage their faith
Those who maintained the highest levels of religious commitment as adults adopted those habits earlier in life.
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Meet Your Interfaith Neighbors::This Faith Communities Today (FACT) study compares the responses of over 14,000 pastors, rabbis... More > |
Crucial Survey Results about Adventist Congregations::The Seventh Day Adventist Church in America participated in the Faith Communities Today (FACT)... More > |
Top Issues Facing the African American Community::In 2006, the African American Lectionary Project surveyed 10,000 African American clergy of all... More > |
The National Congregations Study::The National Congregations Study is a major survey of U.S. congregations, carried out by... More > |