Aaron Earls

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — Pastors overwhelmingly view legal immigration positively but are more divided over the proper response to those who are in the United States illegally.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — The less often someone shows up at church, the less likely they may be to share the opinions of those who frequent the pews.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — In 1455, Johannes Gutenberg printed around 180 copies of the Bible, the first book to come from his movable type printing press. Last year, 570 years after Gutenberg, more than 19.1 million Bibles were sold in the U.S., according to market research firm Circana. Bible sales increased by 12 percent over 2024 and have more than tripled over the past 10 years.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – While churchgoers may be praying about ways to tell others about Jesus, many aren’t doing much to make that happen.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – Most churchgoers say they’re looking for ways to serve God as well as the people in their churches and communities, but many still struggle to make that a reality.

MIAMI – José Abella’s parents grew up in Cuba before immigrating to the United States in the 1960s, but he’s spent his entire life in the U.S. Abella says this multicultural pull is both an advantage and an obstacle for Hispanic church planters.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — Meeting via Zoom, Lifeway Christian Resources trustees heard of God’s remarkable favor toward the organization over the past year and continued momentum into 2026.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — Around a quarter of Americans don’t identify with any religion, but many still hold some religious perspectives.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — Most churchgoers try to avoid sin before it happens and seek to confess it afterward. For many, confession is a regular part of their faith.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — Most churchgoers place a high value on the Bible, but only about a third commit to reading it every day.