What church do you attend? Maybe more than one, survey finds

Science: Regularly Attending Church Can Lower Stress

According to a peer-reviewed study published in PLOS ONE, adults who attend church regularly are not only less stressed — they’re also less likely to die early. Researchers looked at data from thousands of adults and found that people who never go to church had significantly higher allostatic load, which is essentially the body’s long-term stress score. It reflects how much chronic stress has worn down your system — including signs like high blo…

What church do you attend? Maybe more than one, survey finds

(RNS) — Five years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, almost half of churchgoers are regular participants in congregations other than their primary one, either attending in person, watching online or on TV, or taking part in both physical and virtual offerings. Researchers for the multiyear Hartford Institute for Religion Research study found that 46% of some 24,000 churchgoers responding to their survey reported active engagement with mo…

RMC Briefing: The Impact of Covid on Religion

A global project to examine the changing role of religion in society during the Covid pandemic has reviewed what happened in five societies – Canada, Germany, Poland, Ireland and Northern Ireland. Academics looked at the place of religion in the health services with, for example, disagreements over the ethics of using certain vaccines; the changing relations with governments over closure of places of worship and helping vulnerable, isolated peop…

What Church Do You Attend? Maybe More Than One, Survey Finds

Overall, besides worship services, participation in other religious activities and programs has increased or remained the same in the last five years. The post What Church Do You Attend? Maybe More Than One, Survey Finds appeared first on Word&Way.