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For the descendants of Abraham, kids are the sign of God’s blessing,

Tara-Leigh Cobble • The Bible Recap: A One-Year Guide to Reading and Understanding the Entire Bible

This may surprise many, but Christianity is growing around the world and is growing faster than the rate of population. From 2020 to the mid-point of 2024, the world’s population is expected to grow from more than 7.84 billion people to more than 8.11 billion, a 0.87% growth trend. The number of Christians worldwide is expected to climb from more t... See more

Aaron Earls • 8 Encouraging Trends in Global Christianity for 2024 - Lifeway Research

Between 2020 and 2021, the SBC lost nearly 410,000 members. That’s the largest single-year loss in the 170 years of the Southern Baptist Convention.

Collin Hansen • The Great Dechurching

In God’s economy, everyone benefits by everyone contributing.

Tara-Leigh Cobble • The Bible Recap: A One-Year Guide to Reading and Understanding the Entire Bible

Among evangelicals, high levels of theological illiteracy mean that many “evangelicals” hold views traditionally defined as heresy, calling into question the centrality of theology to evangelicalism generally.

Kristin Kobes Du Mez • Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation

It describes a whopping 52 percent of all dechurched evangelicals in our survey. There could be roughly 8 million adult Americans

Collin Hansen • The Great Dechurching

we’re all sinners who deserve death and separation from God. For those of us who don’t get that, we’re the ones for whom things aren’t fair—we do not get what we deserve.

Tara-Leigh Cobble • The Bible Recap: A One-Year Guide to Reading and Understanding the Entire Bible

Les Stobbe, Max Lucado, Charlie Wetzel, Les Parrott, Bob Buford,

John C. Maxwell • The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth: Live Them and Reach Your Potential

People who fit this profile comprise 17 percent of dechurched evangelicals in our survey. There may be more than 2 million adult Americans who, like Tammy, have permanently, purposefully exited evangelicalism.