churchgoers - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 12 May 2016 00:35:06 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg churchgoers - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 British churchgoers want serious sermons not jokes https://cathnews.co.nz/2016/05/13/british-churchgoers-want-serious-sermons-not-jokes/ Thu, 12 May 2016 17:09:45 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=82678 A poll has found that British churchgoers prefer clergy stick to serious topics in sermons rather than jokes or rambling anecdotes. The poll of 1400 regular churchgoing Christians found that they ranked explanations of the Bible as 27 times as important in a sermon as humour and "practical application" 42 times more highly than personal anecdote. Read more

British churchgoers want serious sermons not jokes... Read more]]> A poll has found that British churchgoers prefer clergy stick to serious topics in sermons rather than jokes or rambling anecdotes.

The poll of 1400 regular churchgoing Christians found that they ranked explanations of the Bible as 27 times as important in a sermon as humour and "practical application" 42 times more highly than personal anecdote.

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British churchgoers want serious sermons not jokes]]> 82678 Mixed voting messages for US churchgoers https://cathnews.co.nz/2012/11/06/mixed-voting-messages-for-us-churchgoers/ Mon, 05 Nov 2012 18:30:59 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=36188 Just over half of American churchgoers have been encouraged by their pastors to vote in today's presidential election, with less than 20 per cent of pastors supporting a particular candidate. Black Protestants have been nearly twice as likely as other Christians to hear about the election, and nearly half have heard voting messages favouring incumbent Read more

Mixed voting messages for US churchgoers... Read more]]> Just over half of American churchgoers have been encouraged by their pastors to vote in today's presidential election, with less than 20 per cent of pastors supporting a particular candidate.

Black Protestants have been nearly twice as likely as other Christians to hear about the election, and nearly half have heard voting messages favouring incumbent Barack Obama.

Fewer white churchgoers have heard messages supporting a candidate. Those that did were more likely to favour challenger Mitt Romney.

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