Are we entering a 'postdenominational' era?Plus an art exhibit with rubble from WWII-bombed churches and synagogues
Hi ReligionUnplugged readers, According to the 2020 U.S. Religion Census, released last week, the number of nondenominational Christians in the U.S. is growing. In the past decade, nondenominational churches have added 2 million attendees and 9,000 congregations in the country. Thanks for reading Religion Unplugged’s Week in Headlines! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. That makes it the third largest religious group in the U.S., only behind Catholics and the Southern Baptist Convention. In today’s top story, contributor Tracy Simmons reports on this shift and shares why people are deciding to attend nondenominational churches. In culture this week, contributor Kimberly Winston reports on an art exhibit honoring the war efforts in WWII with a series of stained glass windows on display at the Veterans Building in San Francisco. In 1944 and 1945, U.S. Army Chaplain Frederick A. McDonald collected glass shards from places of worship destroyed during conflict. The show includes 25 glass works by 13 different artists, many of them representing experiences McDonald recounted in journals. See you next week! If you like what you read, share this with your family and friends. This is a quick reminder that we’re in the midst of our year-end NewsMatch campaign — and you can help! NewsMatch is a collaborative fundraising movement to support independent, public service journalism like ours. Through December 31, NewsMatch will match your new monthly donation 12 times or double your one-time gift, all up to $1,000. That means that through NewsMatch, we can raise up to $30,000. For a nonprofit organization like us, this is a big deal and will help us deliver the kind of in-depth journalism you’ve come to expect, every day. It’s the kind of reporting that can make a real difference in our community. And it’s worthy of your support. Are We Entering An ‘Postdenominational’ Era? Inside The Rise Of The Unaffiliated Church
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