by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Nov 20, 2019 | News
Austin “Mack” Dennis is senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Asheville, North Carolina. Where did you grow up? Henderson, North Carolina (north of Raleigh/Durham), where I was a member of First Baptist Church and was ordained to ministry there in 2003. What is...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Nov 20, 2019 | News
More than three-quarters (76%) of U.S. adults say that houses of faith should not support political candidates, according to a Pew Research Center report published Nov. 15. Such endorsements are prohibited by 501(c)(3) entities, including houses of faith, by...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Nov 19, 2019 | News
Anti-Jewish bias continues to account for the majority of religious-bias hate crimes in the U.S., according to an EthicsDaily.com analysis of FBI data published Nov. 12. Since 1992, the FBI’s “Hate Crime Statistics” report has been released annually (typically in...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Nov 18, 2019 | News
More U.S. adults aged 18-44 have cohabited than have been married, according to a Pew Research Center report published Nov. 6. In 2002, 60% of adults in this age range were or had been married, compared to 54% who were or had cohabited with their partners. Over the...
by Baptist Times Staff | Nov 18, 2019 | News
A report has found that 18- to 35-year-olds who are engaged with church or other faith communities are more likely to say they are optimistic about the future, secure in who they are, able to accomplish their goals and have someone who believes in them. The report...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Nov 14, 2019 | News
A majority of the children living in low- and middle-income nations are experiencing “learning poverty,” according to a World Bank report published Oct. 17. “Learning poverty means being unable to read and understand a simple text by age 10,” the report explained....
