Category: Culture & Oklahoma

John Newton’s Amazing Grace maintains eclectic appeal at 250 years

by Chris Doyle | Nov 27, 2023 | Culture & Oklahoma, Feature | 0

Above: A songbook compiled in 1890 by D.L. Moody and Ira Sankey that includes the song Amazing...

Lifeway Research: 8 most popular Bible verses during Thanksgiving

by Aaron Earls | Nov 21, 2023 | Culture & Oklahoma, Feature | 0

The Thanksgiving season provides time to reflect on our need to express gratitude. For many...

State of the Bible: Practicing Christians more generous than others

by Chris Doyle | Nov 15, 2023 | Culture & Oklahoma, Feature | 0

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP) — Practicing Christians outpaced non-practicing Christians and nonbelievers...

Most Christians don’t want churches to use AI, Barna research finds

by Chris Doyle | Nov 14, 2023 | Culture & Oklahoma, Feature | 0

VENTURA, Calif. (BP)—Christians have less confidence in artificial intelligence (AI) than...

Lifeway Research: Church switchers highlight reasons for congregational change

by Aaron Earls | Nov 7, 2023 | Culture & Oklahoma, Feature | 0

When churchgoers find a new congregation, most say their reasons for change had a little to do...

Lifeway Research: Some Americans open to supernatural, contact with dead

by Aaron Earls | Oct 26, 2023 | Culture & Oklahoma, Feature | 0

For some U.S. adults, many of the terrors connected to Halloween are pure fiction. Others,...

Lifeway Research: Is the rise of the ‘Nones’ over?

by Aaron Earls | Oct 16, 2023 | Culture & Oklahoma, Feature | 0

For several decades now, the story of U.S. religion has been the rise of the nones—the increase in...

Lifeway Research: The next generation is leaving the faith earlier than you realize

by Aaron Earls | Oct 4, 2023 | Culture & Oklahoma, Feature | 0

When church leaders imagine young people turning away from Christianity, they may picture a...

God’s power and presence felt in OBU Prison Divinity Program Convocation

by Bryan Painter | Sep 28, 2023 | Culture & Oklahoma, Feature | 0

Above: OBU President Heath A. Thomas visits with students of the OBU Prison Divinity Program...

Lifeway Research: 5 current challenges facing U.S. churches

by Aaron Earls | Sep 26, 2023 | Culture & Oklahoma, Feature | 0

There are encouraging signs both for churches in the United States and Christianity around the...

Lifeway Research: What does the church have to offer those who live alone?

by Marissa Postell Sullivan | Sep 15, 2023 | Culture & Oklahoma, Feature | 0

More Americans are choosing to be alone. According to the United States Census Bureau, more than a...

Lifeway Research: Pews, not the pulpit drive preference for in-person worship

by Aaron Earls | Sep 12, 2023 | Culture & Oklahoma, Feature | 0

Sorry, pastor. You probably aren’t the main reason someone wants to physically attend a worship...

Lifeway Research: 5 encouraging church trends right now

by Aaron Earls | Sep 8, 2023 | Culture & Oklahoma, Feature | 0

Many statistical U.S. church trends seem to paint a bleak picture, but not everything looks grim....

Lifeway Research: Pastors’ average age stable over past pecade

by Aaron Earls | Sep 1, 2023 | Culture & Oklahoma, Feature | 0

As Americans’ average age creeps higher, the nation’s Protestant pastors have found some...

Lifeway Research: Unchurched less likely to see life as exciting

by Aaron Earls | Aug 26, 2023 | Culture & Oklahoma, Feature | 0

To add some thrills to life, people often try extreme sports or look to visit some place new and...