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Welcome! At Signs and Wonders we sift through the World Wide Web looking for evidence of emerging religious futures. Our mission is to provide our readers -- religious futurists, ministers, and just plain spiritual people -- with a guided tour of the web, stopping wherever we see the future of faith unfolding before our eyes. We update this site every three days or so, so come back again and join us on our next trip. If you want to comment on anything you read here or discuss religious futures in general, come over to our forum. |
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March 09, 2000 [social] -- Christian congregations are anchored by women. by Cody Clark at 11:05 AM (EST)  A new survey from Barna Research indicates that women are the largest and most loyal constituency of Christian Churches in America. "Most women place a high priority on having a close relationship with God, staying active in a local church, and being deeply committed to the Christian faith - much more so than is true among men." Beliefnet spins this as a warning for potential burnout. "Women's monumental effort to support the work of the Christian church may be running on fumes. Churches need to consider whether they are providing enough opportunities for women to receive ministry as well as provide it" According to the article Christian churches may see tens of thousands of women leaving unless there is a more thoughtful approach to recognizing and appreciating women." [social] -- Fueled by media, Wicca is gaining poularity with young by Cody Clark at 10:36 AM (EST) Found at about.com, an excellent article in the New York Times about the rise in the popularity of Witchcraft among teenagers and young adults, especially women. Attracted at first by images of young, hip witches on TV and in the movies, young Americans are finding the earth positive messages and lack of dogma and religious obligation reasons to stay with Wicca. The average new young Wiccan is usually female, intelligent, and more likely to be a social outsider -- ""It appeals most of all to the intelligent, poetic young woman who is not necessarily going to go out for cheerleader or date the captain of the football team."" This fits in well with the trend of young people indentifying with spirituality but not organized religion. Wicca is emerging in the spiritual marketplace, mainly by ministering to the growing "spiritual but not religious" population in America. |
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