Posts tagged Christianity in America
Crossroads Podcast: What Easter ‘Revival’ Stories Get Right — And Wrong
Crossroads Podcast: What Easter ‘Revival’ Stories Get Right — And Wrong

Ahead of Easter, newsrooms often chase predictable religion stories, but recent reporting highlights a more complex reality. While Catholic and Orthodox churches are seeing notable increases in converts, broader trends show ongoing decline in attendance and affiliation. The result is not a single revival, but a fragmented landscape of growth and loss.

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Analysis, Catholicism, Christianity, North America, Religion News, SocietyTerry Mattinglyrecharge, Easter journalism, Catholic Church, religious conversion, Easter news cycle, media trends, Christianity in America, Catholic converts, church growth, church decline, religious revival, faith trends, Holy Week coverage, religion reporting, secular media, Eastern Orthodoxy, young converts, Gen Z religion, post-pandemic religion, church attendance decline, American Catholicism, spirituality trends, newsroom culture, religion headlines, Christianity, news, podcast, Easter 2026, Easter, analysis, Terry MattinglyComment
Is It Time To Scrap The Term ‘Evangelical’?
Is It Time To Scrap The Term ‘Evangelical’?

(OPINION) When it comes to the term “evangelical,” it is not so much that it is a potentially ambiguous term (like “Christian”) as it is a misleading term — a term that has become cultural and political more than spiritual.

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Opinion, North AmericaDr. Michael BrownMichael Brown, Dr. Michael Brown, Evangelical, Evangelicalism, Religion and politics, Christianity, Christianity in America, 2024 election, Trump, President Donald Trump, MAGA, politics, opinion Comment