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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
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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
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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
⇨ PRRI
⇨ Report: Why Americans are Leaving Religion—and Why They’re Unlikely to Come Back
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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 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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