“The more you worship, the better you feel about people who don’t worship with you,” Dougherty said. “It’s a community building experience that extends beyond the doors of the religious community.”
Do-it-your-self faith on the rise thanks to the web, study finds
It seems religion in America just can’t catch a break. Religious affiliation and participation continue to dive, driven in part by young generations uninterested in belonging to anything, least of all churches. And now newly published research suggests that the Internet — which faith communities had hoped would bridge the gap with Millennials and the “nones” — may have a hand in keeping those and other demographics away.
Laying on of hands? A lot of Americans do it, study says
A new study has found that nearly nine in 10 Americans have relied upon healing prayer at some point in their lives, praying for others even more than for themselves. “The most surprising finding is that more than a quarter…