Bio
- Frank Lockwood is the religion editor at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Frank is a graduate of Harvard College and the University of Idaho College of Law. In 2004, he received a Knight Wallace Fellowship at the University of Michigan. A native of Oregon, Frank has been a reporter in Idaho, Kentucky and Washington, D.C.
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Recent Posts
• A newspaper agrees to give its readers the Good News
• Guess which state persecutes Bible distributors?
• What a Git! Time Magazine muggle says God is dead
• Can your church top this anniversary party?
• Harry Potter and the Half-Empty Parish
• Gun-toting Baptist preacher captures crook
• Busted by Catholic candid camera
• Far more to Tammy Faye than mascara, pastor says
• Pentecostal leader: Second coming soon
• If churches have cappucino machines, the terrorists win
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• Guess which state persecutes Bible distributors?
• What a Git! Time Magazine muggle says God is dead
• Can your church top this anniversary party?
• Harry Potter and the Half-Empty Parish
• Gun-toting Baptist preacher captures crook
• Busted by Catholic candid camera
• Far more to Tammy Faye than mascara, pastor says
• Pentecostal leader: Second coming soon
• If churches have cappucino machines, the terrorists win
» View Archives
Poll 2
Arkansas' largest denominations
- 1. Southern Baptists 665,307
- 2. United Methodists 179,383
- 3. Catholics 115,967
- 4. American Baptist Assn. 115,916
- 5. Baptist Missionary Assn. of America 87,244
- 6. Churches of Christ 86,342
- 7. Assemblies of God 67,187
- 8. National Assn. of Freewill Baptists 26,268
- 9. Presbyterians (PCUSA) 25,345
- 10. Nazarenes 17,110
Arkansas megachurches
- Source: Hartford Institute for Religion Research
- 1. First Baptist Church (Springdale) 10,382 (average attendance)
- 2. Fellowship Bible Church (Lowell) 7,000
- 3. Fellowship Bible Church (Little Rock) 5,300
- 4. Harvest Time Tabernacle (Fort Smith) 4,000
- 5. St. Mark Baptist Church (Little Rock) 3,200
- 6. College Church of Christ (Searcy) 2,700
- 7. New Life Church (Conway) 2,500
- 7. Immanuel Baptist Church (Little Rock) 2,500
- 9. Fort Smith 1st Baptist Church 2,200
- 10. Church at Rock Creek (Little Rock) 2,000
- 11. North Little Rock 1st Assembly of God 1,910
- 12. Geyer Springs 1st Baptist Church (Little Rock) 1,800
Largest KY denominations
- Southern Baptist Convention 979,994
- 2. Catholic Church 406,021
- 3. United Methodist Church 208,720
- 4. Independent Christian Churches 106,638
- 5. Christian Church (Disciples) 67,611
- 6. Churches of Christ 58,602
- 7. Presbyterian Church USA 36,940
- 8. Church of God (Cleveland, TN) 33,572
- 9. Assemblies of God 30,103
- 10. National Assn of Free Will Baptists 20,441
Largest U.S. churches
- Largest U.S. denominations1.) The Catholic Church, 67,820,833 members; 2.) The Southern Baptist Convention, 16,267,494; 3.) The United Methodist Church, 8,186,254; 4.) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 5,999,177; 5.) The Church of God in Christ, 5,499,875; 6.) National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc., 5,000,000; 7.) Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 4,930,429; 8.) National Baptist Convention of America, 3,500,000; 9.) Presbyterian Church (USA), 3,189,573; 10.) Assemblies of God, 2,779,095 Source: 2006 Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches
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Archive for July 2007
- A newspaper agrees to give its readers the Good News (July 31)
- Guess which state persecutes Bible distributors? (July 30)
- What a Git! Time Magazine muggle says God is dead (July 30)
- Can your church top this anniversary party? (July 27)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Empty Parish (July 27)
- Gun-toting Baptist preacher captures crook (July 27)
- Busted by Catholic candid camera (July 27)
- Far more to Tammy Faye than mascara, pastor says (July 25)
- Pentecostal leader: Second coming soon (July 25)
- If churches have cappucino machines, the terrorists win (July 24)
- The Vultures of Tammy Faye (July 23)
- Death looms over hay-filled Hindu shrine (July 23)
- Tammy Faye appeared on Larry King Live in final hours (July 23)
- Tammy Faye Bakker remembered (July 23)
- Commenting on Bible Belt Blogger (July 20)
- The 'world's stupidest fatwas' (July 19)
- Please be patient with us (July 18)
- National medical group opposes surgeon general nominee (July 18)
- Tammy Faye battles on (July 18)
- One soldier's Iraqi exit strategy: turn to Jesus, ACLU (July 17)
- World's most ambitious missions campaign launched (July 17)
- Conservative Lutheran denominations to cooperate (July 16)
- Oddball behavior on Sunday morning? (July 16)
- Boogie Oogie Oogie, Amen (July 16)
- USA's 50 most influential Protestant churches* (July 16)
- From porn to priesthood? (July 16)
- Who Would Allah Behead? (July 15)
- And the (praise and worship) band played on... (July 15)
- Diocese of Los Angeles to pay victims $600 million (July 14)
- Judge exonerated in Bible-quoting controversy (July 14)
- Is Dr. Holsinger the new Harriet Miers? (July 13)
- Christian Right unimpressed with Holsinger (July 13)
- Sen. Sanders opposes surgeon general nominee (July 13)
- Armed robber demands $$$, settles for group hug (July 13)
- Lehrer Report on Holsinger (July 13)
- Baltimore Sun: 'Prognosis Poor' for Holsinger (July 13)
- Ouch! Paper goofs bigtime on Holsinger story (July 13)
- Nebo-Sarsekim, though dead, yet lives (July 13)
- Secrecy vs. Transparency at Asbury Seminary (July 13)
- Why is Asbury Seminary in hot water? (July 13)
- Sen. Clinton denounces surgeon general nominee (July 12)
- Vatican goes green (July 12)
- Democratic presidential hopefuls skip Holsinger hearing (July 12)
- Science, not politics, Holsinger promises (July 12)
- Surgeon General nominee rejects own writings on homosexuality (July 12)
- Claim: Religious views shouldn't disqualify candidate (July 11)
- The Senate & the Surgeon General nominee (July 11)
- Watch Holsinger hearing live (July 11)
- LDS church-owned paper criticizes Romney (July 11)
- Accrediting agency faults key evangelical seminary (July 11)
- Christians, Atheists mad at Major League baseball (July 11)
- American Public Health Association opposes Holsinger (July 11)
- "Kudzu" creator dies (July 11)
- Claim: Administration opposed Special Olympics (July 11)
- Key feminist group opposes surgeon general nominee (July 11)
- Surgeon general post in the spotlight (July 11)
- Leave theology out of health care, ex-surgeon general says (July 10)
- Doctor of Divinity or Surgeon General? (July 10)
- White House 'Partisan', 'Malicious', 'Vindictive', 'Hostile' (July 10)
- Kennedy: Bush has put "ideology" ahead of medicine (July 10)
- Bush's first surgeon general says he was muzzled (July 10)
- House committee looks at surgeon general's post (July 9)
- Religion News Service on Holsinger (July 9)
- Claim: REPUBLICANS may oppose surgeon general nominee (July 9)
- Clothing-optional Christianity (July 8)
- 'Ugly and protracted' confirmation hearing predicted (July 6)
- Claim: Surgeon general nominee battles 'Half truths and whole fabrictions' (July 6)
- Is Christian Right turning on Romney (July 5)
- Former Alaska Airlines CEO lived simply, faithfully (July 5)
- Lutherans divided over sexuality (July 5)
- Islamic-Episcopal priest gets surprise sabbatical (July 5)
- Marriott spokesman: Profit, not morality top priority (July 5)
- Huckabee on Faith (July 4)
- Pakistani government pays students to leave mosque (July 4)
- Woman wants to leave Islam. Malaysian courts won't let her (July 4)
- Bible Belt Blogger rated PG-13 (July 4)
- Mormonism is not Christianity, Baptist leader says (July 4)
- Kentucky university prohibits religious speech (July 4)
- Christian magazine endorses Huckabee for president (July 2)
- Hamas plans to seize Temple Mount thwarted (July 2)
- Lexington's Episcopal literacy camp spreads to Africa (July 2)
- Talk of impeachment in a 'non-partisan' Episcopal sermon (July 2)
- Defamation of the week (July 1)