NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Research results being released for the first time in the July/August edition of Facts & Trends magazine show most people who attend a Protestant church are using Christian media -- magazines, websites, television, radio, movies and music -- but that Christian media is only a fraction of the media churchgoers use.
Protestant clergy, on the other hand, are much heavier users of Christian media than are the people in their churches.
Facts & Trends is published bimonthly by LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention.
Two studies were conducted for Facts & Trends by Ellison Research of Phoenix, Ariz. One was a representative sample of 806 Protestant church ministers nationwide, and the other was a companion survey of 1,184 adults who attend Protestant churches at least once a month. Respondents were asked about their media use, including use of...