Black Protestants, Evangelicals Top Rankings for Longest Sermons

DAVID CRARY – ASSOCIATED PRESS DECEMBER 16, 2019 10:45 AM How long should a sermon be? The major branches of Christianity in the US have sharply different traditions, with sermons at historically black Protestant churches lasting—on average—nearly four times as long as Roman Catholic sermons. That’s among the findings of an analysis by the Pew Research Center—billed as the first of its kind—of 49,719 sermons delivered in April and May that were shared online ...

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Most Evangelical Christians Live Outside North America and Europe, New Study Finds

Will Maule | ChristianHeadlines.com Contributor | Friday, February 21, 2020 A new study has concluded that most evangelical Christians do not live in North America or Europe. According to French researcher Sebastian Fath, most actually reside across Latin America, Asia, and Africa. Of the roughly 660 million evangelicals in the world, roughly 215 million are thought to live in Asia, while 66 million are based in China, 28 million in India, ...

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