
Can You Measure Faith by Counting Churches?
America's religious map records buildings and attendance. It cannot fully record what happens around kitchen tables—or what people carry into the world afterward.
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Faith life and spiritual community.

America's religious map records buildings and attendance. It cannot fully record what happens around kitchen tables—or what people carry into the world afterward.

Fewer young Americans belong to churches, but that does not automatically mean they stopped believing. Faith now moves through phones, arenas, campuses and kitchen tables — and the church of tomorrow may look surprisingly like the church at the beginning.

Part 1 of 9 in our Fruits of the Spirit poetry series — a quiet meditation on love from Galatians 5:22–23.

Part 9 of 9 in our Fruits of the Spirit poetry series — a quiet meditation on self-control from Galatians 5:22–23.

Part 3 of 9 in our Fruits of the Spirit poetry series — a quiet meditation on peace from Galatians 5:22–23.

Part 8 of 9 in our Fruits of the Spirit poetry series — a quiet meditation on gentleness from Galatians 5:22–23.

Part 7 of 9 in our Fruits of the Spirit poetry series — a quiet meditation on faithfulness from Galatians 5:22–23.

Part 6 of 9 in our Fruits of the Spirit poetry series — a quiet meditation on goodness from Galatians 5:22–23.

Part 5 of 9 in our Fruits of the Spirit poetry series — a quiet meditation on kindness from Galatians 5:22–23.

Part 4 of 9 in our Fruits of the Spirit poetry series — a quiet meditation on patience from Galatians 5:22–23.

Part 2 of 9 in our Fruits of the Spirit poetry series — a quiet meditation on joy from Galatians 5:22–23.

Life in Tomball, Texas has a way of staying busy without people even realizing how full their schedules have become.