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Do recessions bring people to church?

Posted by cicw

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

From the New York Times:

[S]ince September, pastors nationwide say they have seen such a burst of new interest that they find themselves contending with powerful conflicting emotions — deep empathy and quiet excitement — as they re-encounter an old piece of religious lore:

Bad times are good for evangelical churches.

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Read some blog responses, including this one that says of that last sentence, “Historians of religion do not buy it.”

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