Julian Mann

Church attendance continues to recover after Covid, Baptists and Pentecostals rise

Church attendance in Australia has risen each year since Covid reaching 1,305,200 in 2024 according to a new report from NCLS. Church Pulse Check 2021 to 2024 records a bounce back from a low of 1,025,200 in 2021. The data reflects attendance for the 21 denominations who...

Arizona bishop asks clergy to refrain from making political endorsements

This week, the IRS changed its long-standing policy that churches cannot endorse political candidates from the pulpit. It is good that the civil government is leery of interfering too much in what religious bodies say, do, and preach, but I think this is an unfortunate change...
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Church attendance in Australia has risen each year since Covid reaching 1,305,200 in 2024...

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