U.S. — Finally making public a long-anticipated change to the denomination's policy regarding qualifications for members of its pastorate, the United Methodist Church announced a ban on heterosexual clergy.
Vacation Bible School season is upon us once again, and you may have noticed that every denomination has its own special twist on how to engage elementary-age kiddos. The Babylon Bee has surveyed the country, and here are the most popular VBS themes for each denomination:
America's fastest-growing religious group is also one of the hardest — and costliest — to reach: the "nones." Why it matters: Religiously unaffiliated Americans now make up a large and growing share of the electorate. But without church-based networks, they're significantly more expensive for campaigns to reach and mobilize. - "Nones" are geographically and socially dispersed. - Campaigns must rely on costly digital ads, canvassing and persuasion to reach them. By the numbers: A record 29% of Americans now identify as religiously unaffiliated — the largest single religious cohort, surpassing Catholics (19%) and evangelical Protestants (23%), per Pew Research Center . - Among Gen Z , it's even higher: Roughly 4 in 10 adults ages…