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Worship attendance at churches up for the first time in decades, according to new report

Researchers from the Hartford Institute for Religion Research said the median congregation grew from 65 in 2020 to about 70 today. That is not enough to erase earlier declines, but it is noteworthy.

Bob Smietana | For Religion News Service

April 27, 2026

Pope Leo XIV arrives in Angola, where oil wealth and mass poverty collide

The pontiff’s visit to oil-rich Angola is expected to address inequality, youth unemployment and the church’s role in a country still shaped by war and Catholic colonialism.

Tonny Onyulo | Religion News Service

April 22, 2026

Gen Z women are losing their religion

Women have long been more religious than men. But a new study finds the gap closing as more young women under 30 identify as “none” — unaffiliated.

Bob Smietana | Religion News Service

April 21, 2026

As Sudan war enters its fourth year, Christian leaders say some signs of hope emerge

The country’s Episcopal archbishop is back in Khartoum as more people return to rebuild the capital.

Fredrick Nzwili | Religion News Service

April 20, 2026

In ‘Jesus Was a Migrant,’ Jemar Tisby makes a Christian case for humanizing immigrants

“If Jesus was at the border, would Christians let him in?” Tisby asks in his new documentary. “All too often, it seems as if, not only would they not let him in, they would celebrate blocking him out.”

Kathryn Post | Religion News Service

April 15, 2026

From Hegseth to RFK Jr., leaders are using religion as symbol — not substance

In both cases, Christianity has been severed from the theological tradition that both limits it and gives it coherence.

Karen Park | For Religion News Service

April 10, 2026

The Gen Z revival being debated won’t happen in churches that talk but don’t listen

The revival everyone is debating will not be measured in attendance figures. It will be measured in whether people feel known. And that starts with listening.

Joshua Packard | For Religion News Service

April 8, 2026

‘The baton is being passed’: Evangelist Anne Graham Lotz on writing, working with her daughter

After the daughter and granddaughter of the late evangelist Billy Graham faced medical ailments, they wrote a book about a biblical character’s relatable life.

Adelle M. Banks | Religion News Service

March 31, 2026

Shuttered stores, canceled pilgrimages: Can Bethlehem’s Christians survive another Easter?

Every year before Easter, Elias Hazin’s phone would ring with pilgrims booking trips to visit Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus. This year, Hazin says, there

Michele Chabin | Religion News Service

March 25, 2026

Pope Leo XIV’s African visit a journey to the margins — and the heart of Christianity

As Pope Leo XIV prepares to travel to Africa, its Catholic leaders are underlining the significance of the visit to the continent, where Christianity is on an upsurge.

Fredrick Nzwili | Religion News Service

March 23, 2026

Oscar-nominated ‘Forevergreen’ reimagines story of Christian grace

The film’s textured, almost tactile, animation is combined with a soundtrack that blends folk music with sweeping orchestration to tell a story about unmerited grace.

Kathryn Post | Religion News Service

March 18, 2026

How one Chinese American healed from growing up in Western evangelicalism

Raised in Iowa, Kristin T. Lee grew up attending her parents’ Asian immigrant evangelical church while being steeped in the white evangelical Christian culture of the Midwest. She was left, however, with a disconnect between her Chinese American identity and the American version of evangelicalism.

Richa Karmarkar | Religion News Service

March 16, 2026
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