“A lot of the younger people are very spotty in their attendance at worship, but if we have a mission project, they’re here.”
Eileen Lindner
The former editor of the Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches, on a new study that shows a dramatic rise in the number of Americans with no religious affiliation. She was quoted by The New York Times. (RNS)
“It is never appropriate to lump together peaceful proponents of controversial viewpoints with extremists who pursue violent means. Conservative Christians, so often the target of malicious guilt-by-association tactics, should be ashamed to employ these tactics themselves.”
Christianity Today
In an editorial, the magazine was criticizing the conservative Family Research Council for “abusing the megaphone” by seeming to blame the Southern Poverty Law Center for a recent shooting at FRC headquarters after the SPLC labeled the FRC an anti-gay “hate group.” (RNS)
“I ran for president once, and it’s a mistake I wouldn’t want anybody to make. We will never change America through politics. We will only change America through an outpouring of God’s Holy Spirit.”
Pat Robertson
The religious broadcaster was addressing the Americans for Jesus rally in Philadelphia. He was quoted by The Inquirer. (RNS)