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Americans’ Theological Beliefs Changed to Suit Post-Pandemic Practice (September 2022)
⇨ Lifeway Research
⇨ CT: Top 5 Heresies Among American Evangelicals
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Non-Denominational Pastors Far More Likely to Hold Biblical Worldviews than All Other Denomination’s Pastors (August 2022)
⇨ Cultural Research Center
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The Renewalists: Pentecostal and Charismatic Evangelicals More Likely than Other Evangelicals to Read the Bible Daily (August 2022)
⇨ Infinity Concepts News Release
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Over 32 Million Bibles Distributed Worldwide in 2021 (July 2022)
⇨ Evangelical Focus
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Fewer in USA Now See Bible as Literal Word of God (July 2022)
⇨ Gallup
⇨ Daily Citizen: Gallup Literally Asks the Wrong Question About Interpreting the Bible
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Belief in God in USA Dips to 81%, a New Low (June 2022)
⇨ Gallup
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Better Living Through Bible Reading (June 2022)
⇨ Bible Gateway Blog
⇨ Sign up to receive The Abide Bible Initiative free email devotional
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Google, the Bible, Visiting a Church: The Ways UK Non-Christians Find Out About God (May 2022)
⇨ Evangelical Focus
⇨ Talking Jesus Report
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Death of a Biblical Worldview in America: Most Parents of Young Children Don’t Believe in Jesus for Salvation (May 2022)
⇨ CBN News
⇨ Cultural Research Center: American Parents Lack Biblical Worldview, Robust Faith to Share with Kids
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American Bible Society Releases 12th Annual State of the Bible Report: Scripture Reading Decreased Among Americans (April 2022)
⇨ ABS News Release
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Survey Shows Disconnect Between Believers’ and Non-Believers’ Attitudes Towards Christianity (March 2022)
⇨ RNS
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Study: American Parents Lack Biblical Worldview, Robust Faith to Share with Kids (March 2022)
⇨ Cultural Research Center at ACU
⇨ Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, Extremely Low Percentage of Americans Hold Biblical Worldview: An Interview with George Barna
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Most Open to Spiritual Conversations, Few Christians Speaking (February 2022)
⇨ Lifeway Research
⇨ Read Bible Gateway Blog posts on the topic of evangelism
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Scripture Engagement is Healthy for You (February 2022)
⇨ Bible Gateway Blog
⇨ Sign up to receive The Abide Bible Initiative free email devotional
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7 Encouraging Trends of Global Christianity in 2022 (January 2022)
⇨ Lifeway Research
⇨ Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, If 100 Christians Represented All of Global Christianity
⇨ Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, The Biography of Christianity: An Interview with Ian Shaw
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7 Details Christians Get Wrong About the Bible (January 2022)
⇨ Lifeway Research
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Sorcery Is One of the Most Searched Bible Terms on Bible Gateway in 2021 (December 2021)
⇨ Bible Gateway
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Bible Gateway 2021 Year in Review (December 2021)
⇨ Bible Gateway
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2021 Continued to Drive More Readers to Scripture (December 2021)
⇨ Lifeway Research
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Why ‘Sorcery’ Was the Fastest-Growing Search Term on Bible Gateway in 2021 (December 2021)
⇨ RNS
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Covid-Related Confusion Sparks Bible Searches for “Sorcery” (December 2021)
⇨ Lifeway Research
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Vaccine Debates Are Responsible for 2021’s Fastest-Growing Bible Search Term: Sorcery (December 2021)
⇨ CT
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Most Americans, and Many Christians, Don’t Believe the Son of God Existed Before the Manger (December 2021)
⇨ CT
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Christmas Is a Celebration of a Real Event, According To Most Americans. Just Don’t Expect Them To Know Exactly Why Jesus Was Born and Came to Earth. (December 2021)
⇨ Lifeway Research
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Poll: America Growing More Secular by the Year (December 2021)
⇨ RNS
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Fewer Americans Identify as Christians (December 2021)
⇨ Lifeway Research
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Faithful Bible Reading Makes for Stronger Christians (December 2021)
⇨ Assemblies of God (USA)
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‘Sinning in the Rain’: New Study Finds Crimes Go Up When It Rains On Sundays (December 2021)
⇨ RNS
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Why Bibles Are Disappearing From Hotel Nightstands (November 2021)
⇨ Religion Unplugged
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Heaven and Hell: Americans Answer 20 Questions on Who Goes and What Happens (November 2021)
⇨ CT
⇨ Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, Former Atheist Journalist Investigates Case for Heaven: An Interview with Lee Strobel
⇨ Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, What Does the Bible Say About Hell?: An Interview with Anthony DeStefano
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On the Problem of Evil, Pew Research Survey Finds Few Americans Blame God (November 2021)
⇨ CT
⇨ Pew Research Center report
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Evangelical Churches Have Higher Percentage of ‘Practicing Christians’ Than Mainline (October 2021)
⇨ The Christian Post
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Dominican Republic: The Only National Flag With a Bible On It (September 2021)
⇨ Evangelical Focus
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2021 CRC Worldview Survey: Unbiblical Ideas Embraced by Americans (September 2021)
⇨ Missions Box
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Study: Bible-Based Worldview Declining Among American Christians (August 2021)
⇨ Bible Gateway Blog
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Study: Gen Z Has a Precarious Relationship with the Bible (August 2021)
⇨ Bible Gateway Blog
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What India’s Christians, Hindus, and More Think About Religion (June 2021)
⇨ CT
⇨ Pew Research Center: Religion in India—Tolerance and Segregation
⇨ Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, How to Live Your Faith in a Rapidly Changing Multi-Religious Society
⇨ Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, No God but One: Allah or Jesus?—An Interview with Nabeel Qureshi
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USA Cities Most Committed to Weekly Bible-Reading (June 2021)
⇨ Bible Gateway Blog
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Generational Worldview Shift: Millennials Seek World without God, Bible, Churches (May 2021)
⇨ Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University
⇨ Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, Extremely Low Percentage of Americans Hold Biblical Worldview: An Interview with George Barna
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More Americans Turning to the Bible Than in Previous Years and Reporting a More Frequent Reading Habit (May 2021)
⇨ Bible Gateway Blog
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Fewer Churchgoers Filled Bible Studies and Pews During the Pandemic (April 2021)
⇨ Lifeway Research
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2021 Cultural Research Center Worldview Survey: America Is Sinking in Syncretism (April 2021)
⇨ Missions Box
⇨ Read the report
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Understanding the Factors that Motivate or Hinder Regular Bible Reading Among Adult Christians to Increase Bible Reading Among Believers (April 2021)
⇨ Liberty University Scholars Crossing
⇨ Doctoral Thesis
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American Bible Society and Baylor University Study Shows the Benefit of Bible-Based Trauma Healing (March 2021)
⇨ ABS
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Church Members Are Minority in USA for First Time, Gallup Says (March 2021)
⇨ Baptist Press
⇨ Gallup
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Most Americans Embrace Religion, Spirituality—Even Atheists (February 2021)
⇨ Lifeway Research
⇨ Read Bible Gateway Blog posts on the subject of atheism
⇨ Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, America’s Religious History: An Interview with Thomas S. Kidd
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The 4 Main Themes People Engaged With the Bible in 2020 on Bible Gateway (December 2020)
⇨ Bible Gateway Blog
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Bible Gateway 2020 Year in Review (December 2020)
⇨ Bible Gateway
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New Study Shows Bible Reading Correlates with Harvard Measures of Human Flourishing (December 2020)
⇨ CT
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Why Do So Many People Own Bibles But So Few Read Them? (December 2020)
⇨ Center for Bible Engagement
⇨ Visit the Bible Engagement section of Bible Gateway
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Research: The US Military and the Bible (November 2020)
⇨ Bible Gateway Blog
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Survey from Ligonier Ministries Reveals What Americans Know (or Don’t) About the Christian Faith (October 2020)
⇨ MissionsBox
⇨ The State of Theology website
⇨ Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, How to Live the Bible — Deepening Your Biblical Theology
⇨ Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, Visual Theology: An Interview with Tim Challies
⇨ Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, Experience the Very Best of Writings from Theology Favorites like C. S. Lewis and Dietrich Bonhoeffer on Bible Gateway
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Survey: Americans Redefining, Customizing Christianity (October 2020)
⇨ News Release—Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University
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It’s a New World Record: the Bible in Over 700 Languages (September 2020)
⇨ Eternity
⇨ Read the Bible in multiple languages on Bible Gateway
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Only 2% of American Millennials Adhere to a Biblical Worldview, Study Finds (September 2020)
⇨ Cultural Research Center
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Most Americans Embrace Religion, Spirituality—Even Atheists (September 2020)
⇨ Facts & Trends
⇨ Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, How an Atheist Turned to Jesus Despite the Church: An Interview with Mary Jo Sharp
⇨ Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, Thinking Like An Atheist: An Interview with Anthony DeStefano
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Most in USA View Religion as Opinion Rather Than Objective Truth (September 2020)
⇨ Baptist Standard
⇨ Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, What Does It Mean to Live in a Post-Truth World?: An Interview with Abdu Murray
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Women Read the Bible More Than Men. Why? (August 2020)
⇨ CT
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New Milestone in Bible Translation Work With 700th Language (August 2020)
⇨ Christian Today
⇨ Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, Bible Translation Organizations
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A Majority of Americans Think Jesus is a Great Teacher Yet Reject His Claims to be God (August 2020)
⇨ Ligonier News Release
⇨ Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, A Guide for Jesus Skeptics: An Interview with John Dickson
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If 100 Christians Represented All of Global Christianity (August 2020)
⇨ Bible Gateway Blog
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Shifts in Bible Perceptions Fuel Changes in Morals and Life Choices in the General Public (August 2020)
⇨ Missions Box
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Half of USA Churchgoers Admit They Have Confusion Over the Bible (August 2020)
⇨ Bible Gateway Blog
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Survey: Salvation through Christ Attracts Just One in Three Adults; More Believe It Can Be ‘Earned’ (August 2020)
⇨ Cultural Research Center
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Nearly 2 Billion Bible Passages Spread Worldwide in 4 Years (July 2020)
⇨ Bible Gateway Blog
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68% of American Adults Are Now ‘Bible Curious’ (July 2020)
⇨ Bible Gateway Blog
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Lukewarm Faith Shrinks as More Say Religion Is ‘Very Important’ or ‘Not at All’ (July 2020)
⇨ CT
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10 Countries With the Largest Christian Populations (July 2020)
⇨ Facts & Trends
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Survey: Majority of Americans No Longer See Human Life as ‘Sacred,’ Yet See Humanity as ‘Basically Good’ (June 2020)
⇨ Cultural Research Center
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Trending Searches Over the Past Two Weeks During Social Unrest (June 2020)
⇨ Bible Gateway Blog
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Survey Finds America’s Traditional Moral Pillars are Fading Away (June 2020)
⇨ Cultural Research Center
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Survey Finds Americans See Many Sources of Truth—and Reject Moral Absolutes (May 2020)
⇨ Cultural Research Center
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God is Absent from Most People’s Views of Purpose and Success (May 2020
⇨ Cultural Research Center
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Americans Continue to Redefine – and Reject – God (April 2020)
⇨ Cultural Research Center
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Is the Bible True? CRC Survey Shows America’s Distrust of the Bible Undermines Its Worldview (April 2020)
⇨ Cultural Research Center
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Extremely Low Percentage of Americans Hold Biblical Worldview: An Interview with George Barna (March 2020)
⇨ Bible Gateway Blog
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Half of Americans Say Bible Should Influence US Laws, Including 28% Who Favor It Over the Will of the People (April 2020)
⇨ Fact Tank
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Christians Remain World’s Largest Religious Group, But They Are Declining in Europe (April 2020)
⇨ Fact Tank
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What Answers are People Looking for from the Bible in an Age of Coronavirus? (March 2020)
⇨ Bible Gateway Blog
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Sorry, James and David: Silas and Obadiah Are Today’s Trending Bible Names (January 2020)
⇨ CT
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41% of Pastors Believe Christians Can Hasten Jesus’ Second Coming Through World Evangelism, While 54% Disagree (January 2020)
⇨ LifeWay Research
⇨ Read Matthew 28:19-20 and 24:14 on Bible Gateway
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Research: Read Bible Every Day, and You’ll Grow, Grow, Grow (January 2020)
⇨ OneNewsNow
⇨ Center for Bible Engagement Research
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Bible Gateway 2019 on Parade (December 2019)
⇨ Bible Gateway Blog
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Bible Gateway 2019 Year in Review (December 2019)
⇨ Bible Gateway
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Research: How Christian Congregations View the Bible (December 2019)
⇨ The Association of Religion Data Archives
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Preachers Nationwide, Across All Major Christian Traditions, Are More Likely to Refer to Books from the New Testament (90% of All Online Sermons Do So) Than the Old Testament (61%) (December 2019)
⇨ Bible Gateway Blog
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UK Survey: Age Is Most Likely to Define Your Morality, More Than Your Religion—or Lack of It—Social Grade, Gender, or Where You Live (November 2019)
⇨ ComRes Global
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Study Finds Men More Likely Than Women to Read Bible Apps (November 2019)
⇨ Aleteia
⇨ Download the free Bible Gateway App
⇨ Download the free Bible Gateway Bible Audio App
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Only 18% of Brits Say Bible Relevant to Them Personally Despite 40% Identifying as Christian (November 2019)
⇨ Premier
⇨ Lumino
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1 in 5 People Waiting for the Bible in Their Language (October 2019)
⇨ Premier Radio
⇨ Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, Bible Translation Organizations
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In USA, Decline of Christianity Continues at Rapid Pace (October 2019)
⇨ Pew Research Center
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Atheists Outpace Evangelicals in Knowledge of Faith (October 2019)
⇨ Baptist News Global
⇨ Pew Research Center: USA Religious Knowledge Quiz
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Bible Tops List of Books Brits Lie About Reading (October 2019)
⇨ Premier
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Gen Z Evangelicals Express Their Faith at School; Few Others Pay Attention (October 2019)
⇨ CT
⇨ Read, hear, study, search, compare, share the Bible on Bible Gateway
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75% of Churches with Sunday Attendance of More Than 250 Say They Have Wednesday Night Small Group Adult Bible Study Classes (September 2019)
⇨ LifeWay Research
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Poll: 58% of Americans in Favor of Public Schools Offering Elective Education Classes About the Bible (August 2019)
⇨ PDK
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Barna Group Survey Offers Key Insights on Bible Engagement and Assemblies of God (August 2019)
⇨ AG News
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Christianity Gives Way to Atheism in Britain, Survey Suggests (July 2019)
⇨ Premier
⇨ British Social Attitudes report
⇨ Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, Thinking Like An Atheist: An Interview with Anthony DeStefano
⇨ Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, Study 2019: USA Cities Ranked By Their Most Post-Christian Status
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Christians Say the Bible Is God’s Word, but Even Among Protestant Churchgoers Only a Third Spend Time Reading It Every Day (July 2019)
⇨ LifeWay News
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The “Understand Unbelief” Study of Atheists and Agnostics in Brazil, China, Denmark, Japan, UK, and USA (June 2019)
⇨ University of Kent
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Evangelism Is More Prayer Than Action for Protestant Churchgoers (April 2019)
⇨ CT
⇨ Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, Evangelism in a Skeptical World: An Interview with Sam Chan
⇨ Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, How to Embrace Creative Evangelism: An Interview with Peyton Jones
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Gallup: Number of Americans Who Belong to a Church or House of Worship Plummets (April 2019)
⇨ RNS
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Across 27 Countries, Most Don’t Mind More Religion in Society (April 2019)
⇨ CT
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Only 46% UK Christians Agree that Jesus Died on the Cross to Forgive Sins (April 2019)
⇨ Premier
⇨ ComPres Poll (PDF)
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The Countries with the 10 Largest Christian Populations (April 2019)
⇨ FactTank
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Women More Likely to Believe the Bible Is Literally True, But Study Finds this May Have More to Do with Intimacy than Gender (February 2019)
⇨ Baylor University
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About Half of UK Millennials (48%) Say They Don’t Have a ‘Relationship with the Bible’—Including 22% of Christians (January 2019)
⇨ Bible Society
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77% of Churchgoers Say They Take an Intentional Day of Rest and Most Do so on Sunday, According to a New Study of Protestants Who Attend Church Once a Month or More (December 2018)
⇨ LifeWay Research
⇨ Read the Ten Commandments in Exodus 20:1-17 on Bible Gateway
⇨ Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, The Ten Commandments Past and Present: An Interview with David L. Baker
⇨ See resources about the Ten Commandments in the Bible Gateway Store
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This is the Most Popular Verse In 2 Billion Pageviews During 2018 on Bible Gateway (December 2018)
⇨ Bible Gateway Blog
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British Christians Are Twice as Likely as American Evangelicals to Contend that the Bible is Not Literally True (48% vs 24%) (November 2018)
⇨ CT
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The State of the Bible 2018: Technology and Behavior (October 2018)
⇨ Bible Gateway Blog
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In 2018, Half of Americans Say the Bible is 100% Accurate in All That It Teaches—That’s Up from 47% in 2016 and 43% in 2014 (October 2018)
⇨ LifeWay Research
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Black Men Are Less Religious Than Black Women, but More Religious Than White Women and Men (September 2018)
⇨ Pew Research
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A New Way to Categorize Americans by Religion: Sunday Stalwarts, God-and-Country Believers, Diversely Devout, Relaxed Religious, Spiritually Awake, Solidly Secular, and Religion Resisters (August 2018)
⇨ Pew Research
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Infographic: Bible Reading Habits (August 2018)
⇨ Bible Gateway Blog
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Infographic: The Status of Christianity Around the World (July 2018)
⇨ Bible Gateway Blog
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The State of the Bible 2018: Most Americans Want to Read the Bible (July 2018)
⇨ Bible Gateway Blog
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Churchgoers Survey: 27% Want Their Church to Help Them Understand More About God and the Bible; 19% Want Their Church to Provide More Bible Study Groups (June 2018)
⇨ LifeWay Research
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Christianity is the Biggest Religion in the World. It’s Also Still the Most Restricted. (June 2018)
⇨ CT
⇨ Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, I Am N: An Interview with Cole Richards and Jason Peters
⇨ Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, The Staggering Picture of Christian Persecution: An Interview with Johnnie Moore
⇨ Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, Bible Verses for the International Days of Prayer for the Persecuted Church
⇨ See books in the Bible Gateway Store on the subject of Christian persecution
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64% of Church-Attending Christians in Western Europe Believe in God as Depicted in the Bible (May 2018)
⇨ Pew Research
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Photographs of Bible Lands from 1895 New Testament (May 2018)
⇨ Houston Baptist University
⇨ Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, A Collection of Bible Museums & Exhibits
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The State of the Bible 2018: Five Types of Bible Readers (May 2018)
⇨ Bible Gateway Blog
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Churchgoers Say They Tithe, But Not Always to the Church (May 2018)
⇨ LifeWay Research
⇨ Read about tithing in the Dictionary of Bible Themes on Bible Gateway
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People Who Regularly Read the Bible Say It’s Better Than Coffee to Jump-Start Their Mornings (May 2018)
⇨ ABS News Release
⇨ State of the Bible 2018: Bible Engagement Segmentation Report
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Blacks More Likely Than Others in US to Read the Bible Regularly, See It as God’s Word (May 2018)
⇨ FactTank
⇨ Read the Bible on Bible Gateway
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Bible Translated Into 49 Languages in 2017 (March 2018)
⇨ Bible Gateway Blog post
⇨ Bible Gateway Blog post, Bible Translation Organizations
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‘Christianity as Default is Gone’: The Rise of a Non-Christian Europe (March 2018)
⇨ The Guardian
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Poll Finds 0% of Icelanders Under 25 Believe Bible Creation Story (January 2018)
⇨ Digital Journal
⇨ Read the creation story from Genesis 1-2 on Bible Gateway
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Half of Germans Have a Bible, Only 6% Read It Regularly (January 2018)
⇨ Evangelical Focus
⇨ Read the Bible in German on Bible Gateway
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Do You Live in a “God Has a Plan” State or an “I Can Do All Things” State? (December 2017)
⇨ Bible Gateway Blog post
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Many Who Call Themselves Evangelical Don’t Actually Hold Evangelical Beliefs (December 2017)
⇨ LifeWayResearch
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Most Americans Believe Society is Increasingly Abandoning the Religious Aspects of Christmas, But Most Americans Are Not Troubled by the Trend (December 2017)
⇨ Pew Research
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What Focus Groups Taught Us About Bible Reading (November 2017)
⇨ LifeWay Research
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The Top Reasons Soldiers Turn to Scripture (November 2017)
⇨ CT
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Orthodox Christianity in the 21st Century (November 2017)
⇨ Pew Research
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Most Brits Think Only Six of the Ten Commandments Are Still Important (October 2017)
⇨ YouGov
⇨ Read the Ten Commandments in Exodus 20:1-17 on Bible Gateway
⇨ Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, The Ten Commandments Past and Present: An Interview with David L. Baker
⇨ See resources about the Ten Commandments in the Bible Gateway Store
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Young Bible Readers More Likely to be Faithful Adults, Study Finds (October 2017)
⇨ LifeWay Research
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Islam Is Most Official, But Christianity Is Most Favored Worldwide (October 2017)
⇨ CT
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Attacks on Religious Freedom in US More Than Double Since 2011, Report Finds (September 2017)
⇨ FOX News
⇨ Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, Wycliffe Associates—Helping to Translate the Bible Where Persecution of Christians Is Severe: An Interview with Bruce Smith
⇨ Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, I Am N: An Interview with Cole Richards and Jason Peters
⇨ Browse resources about the persecuted church in the Bible Gateway Store
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The Number of Religious Congregations in the USA has Increased by Almost 50,000 Since 1998 (September 2017)
⇨ CT
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Most Church of England Christians Never Read the Bible, Survey Finds (September 2017)
⇨ The Telegraph
⇨ Read Bible Gateway Blog posts that introduce you to the Bible
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1 in 3 American Evangelicals Is a Person of Color (September 2017)
⇨ CT
⇨ PRRI: America’s Changing Religious Identity
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More Americans Now Say They’re Spiritual But Not Religious (September 2017)
⇨ FactTank
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More Than Half UK Population Has No Religion, Survey Finds (September 2017)
⇨ The Guardian
⇨ British Social Attitudes news release
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500 Years After Reformation, Many Protestants Closer to Catholics than Martin Luther (August 2017)
⇨ CT
⇨ Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, The Authority Of Scripture: An Interview with Matthew Barrett
⇨ See the Reformation Studies section in the Bible Gateway Store
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God Or the Divine is Referenced in Every US State Constitution (August 2017)
⇨ FactTank
⇨ Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, Reading the Bible with America’s Founding Fathers: An Interview with Daniel Dreisbach
⇨ Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, American History’s Entwined Relationship with the Bible: An Interview with Angela Kamrath
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New Zealand Study: Lack of Self-Discipline, Distraction, and Busyness Are Top Barriers to Reading the Bible (August 2017)
⇨ NZ Catholic
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Silent and Solo: How Americans Pray (August 2017)
⇨ Barna Group
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65% of Christians Face Doubt; 29% Stopped Reading the Bible When Doubting (July 2017)
⇨ Barna Group
⇨ Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, If In Doubt: An Interview with Rhys Stenner
⇨ Read other articles about doubt on the Bible Gateway Blog
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The Rise of the Nons: Protestants Keep Ditching Denominations (July 2017)
⇨ CT
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9 Out of 10 Ordinary British Christians Feel Marginalized (July 2017)
⇨ Premier
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One In 10 Norwegians Have Read the Entire Bible (July 2017)
⇨ Norway Today
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The American Church Has a Better Reputation Than Higher Ed or the Media (July 2017)
⇨ CT
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Religion Increasingly Seen as Doing More Harm Than Good in Canada: Ipsos Poll (July 2017)
⇨ Global News
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Number of Scots With No Religion Reaches New High, Survey Suggests (July 2017)
⇨ Premier
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Who Reads the Bible in Norway? (June 2017)
⇨ ScienceNordic
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Christianity on the Wane in Australia, But Pentecostal Church Bucks Trend (June 2017)
⇨ The Guardian
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USA Protestant Megachurches Number 1,600; California Has the Most (June 2017)
⇨ Facts & Trends
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At Year 150, Does Canada Show Where Religion in United States Might Be Heading? (June 2017)
⇨ Get Religion
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Religion and Gambling: Studies Find the Wages of Faith May Be Fewer Lost Wages (June 2017)
⇨ Huffington Post
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Science Reveals the Power of Being Quick to Listen and Slow to Speak (June 2017)
⇨ CT
⇨ Read James 1:19 in multiple English Bible translations on Bible Gateway
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When it Comes to Saying Grace, Americans Are Still United (June 2017)
⇨ The Washington Post
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Christians Faced Widespread Harassment in 2015 (June 2017)
⇨ FactTank
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Sorry, Old Testament: Most Theologians Don’t Use You (June 2017)
⇨ CT
⇨ Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, The Old Testament Is Dying: An Interview with Brent A. Strawn
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Portland-Auburn, Maine: The Most Post-Christian City in the Top 100 Media Markets in America (June 2017)
⇨ Barna Group
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Chattanooga, Tennessee Tops List of Cities with High Church Attendance (June 2017)
⇨ Barna Group
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Is Going to Church Good for Your Health? Vanderbilt Study Says Yes (June 2017)
⇨ TODAY Show
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Only 47% of Born Again Christians Believe Absolute Moral Truth is Found in the Bible (May 2017)
⇨ American Culture & Faith Institute
⇨ Read John 3 on Bible Gateway
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Gallup: Belief God Created Humans at Record Low (May 2017)
⇨ UPI
⇨ Gallup
⇨ Read about creation from the book of Genesis on Bible Gateway
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Record Few Americans Believe Bible Is Literal Word of God (May 2017)
⇨ Gallup
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British Church Decline has Ended, Report Suggests (May 2017)
⇨ Premier
⇨ Report: The “No Religion” Population of Britain
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Orthodox Christians in Europe More Likely to Believe Than Practice Their Religion (May 2017)
⇨ Pew Research Center
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Barna: Many Practicing Christians Agree with Marxism (and Other Competing Worldviews) (May 2017)
⇨ CT
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Pew: Here’s How Badly Soviet Atheism Failed in Europe (May 2017)
⇨ CT
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Americans Worry About Moral Decline, Can’t Agree on Right and Wrong (May 2017)
⇨ LifeWay Research
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Christians in the Global South Now Dominate Every Major Protestant Tradition—Except Baptist (May 2017)
⇨ Christian Century
⇨ Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, The Biography of Christianity: An Interview with Ian Shaw
⇨ Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, The Unexpected Christian Century: An Interview with Scott Sunquist
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Though Still Conservative, Young Evangelicals Are More Liberal Than Their Elders on Some Issues (May 2017)
⇨ Fact Tank
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King James Bible Still the Favorite Among Christians (May 2017)
⇨ Terre Haute Tribune Star
⇨ IUPUI Center for the Study of Religion & American Culture
⇨ Read the Bible on Bible Gateway
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Top 10 Bible Verses in Medieval England (May 2017)
⇨ The Anxious Bench
⇨ The Anxious Bench: The Biblical Heart of Medieval Faith
⇨ Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, Bible Gateway 2016 Year in Review
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53% of People Globally (23 Countries) Feel Their Religion/Faith is Important to Them: Indonesia Is First At 93%; Japan Is Last At 22% (May 2017)
⇨ Ipsos MORI Global Trends religion slide
⇨ Ipsos MORI Global Trends 2017
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Study: Clergy and Congregants of Growing Churches in Canada are More Theologically Conservative and Exhibit Higher Rates of Bible Reading and Prayer (April 2017)
⇨ Theology Matters: Comparing the Traits of Growing and Declining Mainline Protestant Church Attendees and Clergy
⇨ CT: Even in Canada, Conservative Churches Are Growing
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Why Religion Is More Durable Than Commonly Thought In Modern Society (April 2017)
⇨ NPR
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61 New Scripture Translations Completed Last Year (April 2017)
⇨ United Bible Societies
⇨ United Bible Societies: Full Report
⇨ Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, Bible Translation Organizations
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53 People in the Bible Confirmed Archaeologically (April 2017)
⇨ Biblical Archaeology Review
⇨ Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, Interview: Bible Scholar Confirms 50 Real People in the Bible
⇨ See the Biblical Archaeology section in the Bible Gateway Store
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The Attitudes of Skeptics and Antagonists Toward the Bible (April 2017)
⇨ CT
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Americans Are Fond of the Bible; Don’t Actually Read It (April 2017)
⇨ LifeWay Research
⇨ CBN News: How Americans Treat Bible Reading Like Exercise
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Jews Least Likely US Religious Group To Read Bible Weekly—And 2/3 Never Do (April 2017)
⇨ The Forward
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Sermons that Teach About Scripture Are the No. 1 Reason Americans Go to Church (April 2017)
⇨ Gallup
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Video: American Bible Society’s Jason Malec on Changing Perceptions of the Bible (April 2017)
⇨ Barna
⇨ Barna: State of the Bible 2017—Top Findings
⇨ American Bible Society: News Release
⇨ Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, History of the American Bible Society: An Interview with John Fea
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5 Facts on How Americans View the Bible and Other Religious Texts (April 2017)
⇨ Fact Tank
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Educated Evangelicals Are More Religious (April 2017)
⇨ CT
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Adultery in 2017: Christians Rank What Counts as Cheating (April 2017)
⇨ CT
⇨ Read Matthew 5:27-28 on Bible Gateway
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BBC Survey: Resurrection Did Not Happen, Say Quarter of Self-Identified Christians (April 2017)
⇨ BBC News
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Only 30% of Born Again Adults Have a Biblical Worldview; But 79% Think They Do (March 2017)
⇨ American Culture & Faith Institute
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Only 25% of Christians Think It’s Their Job to Share Their Faith (March 2017)
⇨ American Culture & Faith Institute
⇨ One News Now: George Barna Finds Faith Still Hiding Under a Bushel
⇨ See Evangelism resources in the Bible Gateway Store
⇨ See Apologetics resources in the Bible Gateway Store
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State of the Bible 2017: Top Findings (March 2017)
⇨ Barna
⇨ American Bible Society: News Release
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Those Who “Love Jesus but Not the Church” Read the Bible Half as Much as the Average Practicing Christian (26% to 56%) (March 2017)
⇨ Barna
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7 Out of 10 Americans Call Themselves Christians; Few Are Able to Answer Questions About the Bible and Christian Beliefs (February 2017)
⇨ American Culture & Faith Institute
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Bible Reading in 2017: 61% Desire to Read the Bible More Than They Currently Do (January 2017)
⇨ Barna Group
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Poll: The Bible is the Greatest Influence on Contemporary Conservative Christians (January 2017)
⇨ American Culture and Faith Institute
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Bible References Make Very Weak Passwords (January 2017)
⇨ CT
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Bible Gateway 2016 Year in Review (December 2016)
⇨ Bible Gateway Blog post
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The Three Kinds of Popular Keyword Searches on Bible Gateway (December 2016)
⇨ Bible Gateway Blog post
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Bible Readers Were Looking for Love in 2016 (December 2016)
⇨ Facts & Trends
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Despite Worries, Hotel Bible Remains Almost as Popular as Wi-Fi (December 2016)
⇨ Facts & Trends
⇨ Download the free Bible Gateway App and always access the Bible with the hotel’s WiFi
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The No. 1 Bible Verse and Top 25 Topics of the USA Election (November 2016)
⇨ CT
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Study: US Protestants Keep Their Children in the Faith at a Higher Rate Than Catholics or the Unaffiliated (October 2016)
⇨ CT
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The Bible? Not on My Desert Island, Say Majority of Britons (October 2016)
⇨ The Guardian
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Most Americans Believe in Supernatural Healing (October 2016)
⇨ Barna Group
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Americans Love God and the Bible, Are Fuzzy on the Details (September 2016)
⇨ LifeWay Research
⇨ CT: Study Examines What Americans Believe About 47 Theological Statements
⇨ Ligonier: The State of Theology
⇨ See the Theology section in the Bible Gateway Store
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73% of Americans Self-Identify as Christian; 31% Are Considered Practicing Christians; 23% Are Bible-Minded (September 2016)
⇨ Barna Group
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39% of Young Adults, One-Quarter Of All Americans Claim No Religious Affiliation (September 2016)
⇨ PRRI
⇨ Report: Why Americans are Leaving Religion—and Why They’re Unlikely to Come Back
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Ethiopian Bible is Oldest and Most Complete on Earth (June 2016)
⇨ Orthodox Christianity
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Perspective: Bible Still Most Accepted Despite Being Included on ALA List of Top 10 Most Challenged Books (April 2016)
⇨ Bible Gateway Blog post
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New Barna Report: What Are America’s Most Bible-Minded Cities? (January 2016)
⇨ Bible Gateway Blog post
⇨ American Bible Society: 2016 Bible-Minded Cities
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The Top Ten Bible Verses of 2015 And More: Bible Gateway’s Year in Review Is Here (December 2015)
⇨ Bible Gateway Blog post
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Bible on Demand: What 160 Million People Searched Scripture For in 2015 (December 2015)
⇨ CT
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God Rivals the Gym Among New Year’s Resolutions (December 2015)
⇨ CT
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Study: Most Practicing Protestant Youth Own a Bible—And They’re Reading It (December 2015)
⇨ CT
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Are You An Evangelical? Are You Sure? (December 2015)
⇨ NPR
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For Many, Bible No Longer Good Book (November 2015)
⇨ Baptist News Global
⇨ LifeWay Research: Sacred Texts and Society
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The State of Books and Reading in a Digital World (October 2015)
⇨ Barna Group
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Most UK Adults Do Not Believe the Bible is God’s Word (August 2015)
⇨ Barna Group
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Americans Rank Bible Most Influential Book in History (July 2015)
⇨ Christian Newswire
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Half of UK Christian Teenagers Don’t Read Bible More Than Once a Month (July 2015)
⇨ Premier
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95% of Jewish Israelis Have a Bible at Home; 6% of Those Are Not Sure Where It Is (July 2015)
⇨ The Jerusalem Post
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Poll: 30% of Secular Israelis Have Never Read Tanach (July 2015)
⇨ JP Updates
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Big Drop in Share of Americans Calling Themselves Christian (May 2015)
⇨ The New York Times
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Pew: Evangelicals Stay Strong as Christianity Crumbles in America (May 2015)
⇨ CT
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Canadians Have Personal Faith as Organized Religion Declines: Poll (April 2015)
⇨ National Post
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The Most Churched, Unchurched Cities in the USA Are… (April 2015)
⇨ OneNewsNow.com
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State of the Bible 2015: Teens (February 2015)
⇨ American Bible Society
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How We Read the Bible: Bible Gateway’s 2014 Year in Review (December 2014)
⇨ Bible Gateway Blog post
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Three-Quarters of Americans Identify as Christian (December 2014)
⇨ Gallup
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Ten Obstacles That Get in the Way of Bible Fluency (August 2014)
⇨ Bible Gateway Blog post
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75% in USA Believe the Bible is in Some Way Connected to God (June 2014)
⇨ Bible Gateway Blog post
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A Summary of Recent Bible Reading Surveys (May 2014)
⇨ Bible Gateway Blog post
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What’s the Place of the Bible in American Christianity? Surprising Results from a New Survey (March 2014)
⇨ Bible Gateway Blog post
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What Are People Around the World Searching For in the Bible? (February 2014)
⇨ Bible Gateway Blog post
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What Does it Mean to be “Bible-Minded”? (February 2014)
⇨ Bible Gateway Blog post
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Bible Gateway’s Most “Bible-Minded” Cities in the UK and Australia (February 2014)
⇨ Bible Gateway Blog post
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Bible Gateway’s Most “Bible-Minded” Cities in Canada (January 2014)
⇨ Bible Gateway Blog post
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What Are Bible Gateway’s Most “Bible-Minded” USA Cities? (January 2014)
⇨ Bible Gateway Blog post
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What Are America’s Most Bible-Minded Cities? (January 2014)
⇨ Bible Gateway Blog post
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2013 Year in Review on Bible Gateway (December 2013)
⇨ Bible Gateway Blog post
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What You Look for in the Bible: The Top 20 Keyword Search Terms on Bible Gateway (March 2013)
⇨ Bible Gateway Blog post
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The Top 10 Most-Searched Bible Verses: What’s Missing? (January 2011)
⇨ Bible Gateway Blog post
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The 100 Most Read Bible Verses at Bible Gateway (May 2009)
⇨ Bible Gateway Blog post
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