Archived News – January 2020
Jan
6
2020
Dec. 22, 2019
This article about the growing religion trend of geography no longer being the arbiter of church membership cites recent Baylor sociology research that found that the percentage of Americans driving between 16 and 30 miles to church jumped from 24% in 2001 to 32% in 2017. The group driving more than 30 miles rose from 4 to 9% — or nearly 1 in 10 churchgoers.
This article about the growing religion trend of geography no longer being the arbiter of church membership cites recent Baylor sociology research that found that the percentage of Americans driving between 16 and 30 miles to church jumped from 24% in 2001 to 32% in 2017. The group driving more than 30 miles rose from 4 to 9% — or nearly 1 in 10 churchgoers.
Jan
2
2020
Dec. 23, 2019
Neither “worshiping local” nor commuting to church make Christians better neighbors. Instead, it’s the frequency of attendance that brings out those neighborly attitudes and behaviors, according to a new study led by Baylor sociologist Kevin Dougherty, Ph.D.
Neither “worshiping local” nor commuting to church make Christians better neighbors. Instead, it’s the frequency of attendance that brings out those neighborly attitudes and behaviors, according to a new study led by Baylor sociologist Kevin Dougherty, Ph.D.