In the Religious Landscape Study (RLS), we group Protestant respondents into one of three “traditions” – the evangelical tradition, mainline tradition or the historically Black Protestant tradition – ...

The Protestant mainline, by whatever name, was bound to make a comeback—at least as a subject of academic discourse. The “mainline” is usually identified with seven Protestant denominations, it was ...

Mainline Protestant denominations have been declining for 60 years, and some of these denominations will not exist meaningfully much longer. But will all their congregations recede or die with them?

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. When the Episcopal Church recently announced ...