A major new survey presents perhaps the most detailed picture we’ve yet had of which religious groups Americans belong to. And its big message is: blink and they’ll change. For the first time, a large-scale study has quantified what many experts suspect: there is a constant membership turnover among most American faiths. America’s religious culture, [...]
Archive for February, 2008
America’s Unfaithful Faithful
February 25, 2008
Christians to Welcome Qatar’s First Christian Church
February 24, 2008
Christians in Qatar will celebrate Easter this year in a church for the first time in 14 centuries.
Next month, the St. Mary’s Catholic Church will be among the first of a series of churches to open its doors in the Qatar capital of Doha. Anglican, Greek Orthodox, and Coptic churches are expected to soon follow.
More than Half of Britons Have No Religion
February 23, 2008
More than half the British people admitted they have no religious adherence, revealed a new U.N. report published this week.
Unlike the 2001 National Census conducted by the United Kingdom – which said nearly 72 percent of the population is Christian – the 23-page U.N. report, published Thursday, showed that two-thirds of the population claims no [...]
Jordan Expels Foreign Christians for ‘Illegal’ Preaching
February 21, 2008
The Muslim-majority country of Jordan acknowledged Wednesday that it expelled foreign Christians for illegal preaching under what it claims was the guise of charity work.
Indian Prime Minister Promises Protection for Christians
February 21, 2008
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has promised to protect India´s Christians in a letter to the widow of an Australian missionary killed nine years ago in a sectarian attack in the east of the country.
A story on the AFP News Service reported that Graham Staines and his two young sons were burnt alive in January [...]
