RELIGION HEADLINES
Written by on January 1, 2025
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(SRN NEWS) – According to data from Infinity Concepts and Grey Matter Research, Evangelical Christians are tithing less to churches these days. The report says “The proportion of Evangelicals giving to a church fell from 74 percent to 61 percent over the last three years and the percentage who gave to a nonprofit or ministry outside of church fell from 58 percent to 50 percent.” Meanwhile, the proportion of believers who didn’t give anything went up. The economic hardships that have gripped the country over the past four years have affected everyone, depressing charitable giving across the board.
There’s not much for families to watch on popular streaming services. The Parents Television and Media Council has conducted a study, and it reveals that the vast majority of programs produced by on-demand companies are aimed at mature audiences only. Of all the original shows available to stream, more than 540 are rated Mature, versus less than 60 that are G-rated. On Netflix, for example, 62 percent of programs are for mature audiences, six percent are PG-rated, and one percent are G-rated. Many families are turning to Christian streaming services.
It’s been a decade since six South Koreans were detained in North Korea, but there is still no word on whether they are alive. Three of them are Christian missionaries and the rest North Korean defectors, who had resettled in the South. The missionaries, who had been involved in covert work to spread Christianity in the North, were all sentenced to hard labor for life after being convicted of plotting to overthrow the North Korean government. Relatives are urging South Korean officials to elevate international awareness of the detainees.
Syria’s tiny Jewish community wrapped up Hanukkah Thursday night without ever having gone to synagogue. That’s because the country’s only synagogue outside Damascus was destroyed during the civil war. Syria was once home to one of the world’s largest Jewish communities numbering in the tens-of-thousands at the beginning of the 20th century. Those totals have shrunk dramatically, especially after the state of Israel was created in 1948. Today, only nine Jews live in Syria, according to government officials.
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