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Is your church having trouble finding volunteers post-lockdowns?
Four Reasons Your Church Is Losing Volunteers after COVID-19 | Church Answers
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Here are four of the most common reasons your church is losing volunteers and four best practices to help keep them.More great stuff on Christians and marriage...
Christians still marry at higher rates than their non-religious peers, but the gap is narrowing.
Christianity’s Global Marriage Problem
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In an era of new options, more choices, greater temptations, high expectations, consistent anxiety, and endemic uncertainty, nothing about the process of marrying can be taken for granted—even among those belonging to a faith that has long encouraged it. In an era of independence, intentionally be...Apparently Beethoven's fifth symphony discriminates against LGBTQ people. I had no idea.
Then They Came for Beethoven - Quillette
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This week, Vox published an article titled “How Beethoven’s 5th Symphony put the classism in classical music.” “Since its 1808 premiere, audiences have interpreted [its opening progression] as a metaphor for Beethoven’s personal resilience in the face of his oncoming deafness,” write Nat...Here's your Saturday long read...ever wonder why people so vigorously defend ideas that are easily proven false? It has to do with the way the brain process information. As an idea becomes more available to us we tend to believe it more. The availability of body cameras has created the impression that police kill more unarmed blacks than whites (false). Activists use this misperception as a vehicle to peddle their beliefs.
Black Lives Matter and the Mechanics of Conformity - Quillette
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The death of George Floyd in May, circulated in a bystander’s excruciating video clip, reignited furious and sometimes violent protests demanding reforms to address police brutality against ethnic minorities. According to the Center for Police Equity’s 2016 report “The Science of Justice,” b...Here's a detailed analysis of Christianity's gender imbalance. Little has changed since I wrote "Why Men Hate Going to Church" back in 2005. Black churches have the worst gender imbalances, with 50 men for every 100 women. Eastern Orthodox and Mormon congregations actually draw more men than women.
The devotedness gap also persists: About 12% of men are highly devoted and active in practicing the faith, vs. about 18% of women.
Sex Ratios in the Pews: Is There Really a Deficit of Men in American Churches?
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There is a crisis of men in American churches. This is a widely accepted view. There are books on the topic, along with informative websites to help churches fix this problem, and there are occasionally surveys cited to demonstrate the severity. But much as Evangelical fears about widespread pornogr...“David Murrow is a talented and entertaining speaker who really delivers the goods. His message is right on target.”