Sentences with phrase «evangelical denomination reports»

While the No. 1 evangelical denomination reports the highs and lows of 2015, America's No. 3 reports just highs.

Not exact matches

(Religion News Service reports the «targeted churches were mainly of the evangelical denominations built on the left bank of Niamey.»)

Given the latest medical data concerning the distinct characteristics of the fetus and its ability to survive outside the womb at a startlingly early age, it is little wonder that in the past few years several of the denominations that once took a more open position on abortion have retreated somewhat: the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is now studying the issue; in a 1980 statement on social principles, the UMC moved to a more qualified position; the Episcopal Church and the recently formed Evangelical Lutheran Church in America seem to be in the process of toning down their earlier positions (or those of a predecessor body) The Lutherans defeated a resolution in their 1989 Assembly which would have been consistent with the liberal position of the LCA predecessor body, and a 1988 Lutheran - Episcopal dialogue report refers to the fetus as «embryonic humanity» with claims on society.

While America's largest evangelical denomination shrank in 2015, the third - largest — the Assemblies of God (AG)-- kept growing, Religion News Service reports.

And according to a recent report by a special task force of pastors, the baptism drought in America's largest evangelical denomination — which counts 15.7 million members and 5.8 million Sunday worshipers — is worst among millennials.

While 35 percent of American adults identify themselves as evangelical, just a quarter belong to an evangelical denomination and only 6 percent meet the Barna Group's definition based on nine questions about beliefs, noted NPR in a lengthy report.