Research in Congregations: National Congregations Study, Wave 3
The results from the 2015 version of the National Congregations Study (NCS) cover many topics, so this article limits the discussion of the changing religious landscape on five issues: “more ethnic diversity, more acceptance of gays and lesbians, increasingly informal worship styles, declining size (but not from the perspective of the average attendee), and declining denominational affiliation” (Chaves…