It’s Not for the Money. Scammers Cheat Because They’re Cheaters.
Why do people cheat? An experiment in Guatemala sought to discover whether cheating is driven by economic necessity or personality, yet discovered unexpected generosity as well.
From New York to Alabama, Blacks Worshipped in Own Spaces Before Slavery’s End
NEW YORK (RNS) — On a narrow street in Harlem sits the oldest black church in New York state, one of many black congregations that developed in the decades before slavery ended nationwide and that worked for its abolition.
Conservative Christians Have a Porn Problem, Studies Show
Conservative Christians in the United States have a pornography problem, though it may not be the problem you think.
Churchgoers’ Need for Community Studied
NASHVILLE (BP) -- A LifeWay Research survey sponsored by the Center for Church Revitalization at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary found 3-in-4 Protestant churchgoers say they need other believers to help them to grow in their walk with God
Controversial Founders Ministries Video Leads to Board Resignations, #MeToo Concerns
(RNS) — Several board members have resigned from a neo-Calvinist evangelical group that released a trailer of a planned film linking prominent Southern Baptists with a conspiracy to promote social justice advocacy in evangelical churches.
More Churches Are Checking the National Sex Offender Registry. Is It Helping?
(RNS) — More churches are using background checks that sift through more than 600 million felony, misdemeanor and traffic records, and perhaps most importantly, the nationwide sex offender registry. But experts say that may give churches and other religious groups a false sense of security
New Hispanic Churches Often Do More With Less
NASHVILLE (BP) -- New Hispanic church works in the U.S. are reportedly seeing similar patterns of attendance growth and conversions as other church plants despite having a fraction of the financial support and training, and complications over immigration status, according to a new study released
Most Americans Can Define Atheists, Easter; Don’t Know US Share of Muslims, Jews
WASHINGTON (RNS) — A new report on American religious literacy released on Tuesday (July 23) by Pew Research Center reveals some of what Americans do and don’t tend to know about their own faiths and others.
Hymn Society Tournament Reveals ‘Greatest Hymn of All Time’
(RNS) — The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada conducted a March Madness-like tournament to determine “the greatest hymn of all time.” And the winner is
From Apollo 8 to SpaceIL, How to Celebrate Shabbat, Ramadan and Christmas in Space
(RNS) — Neil Armstrong's words as he first stepped onto the surface of the moon — “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" — are some of the most memorable in history. But seven months earlier, the astronauts aboard NASA’s first manned