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Jerry Johnston Queries Regarding the $2.8MM Templeton Grant to Study “Nones”
https://youtu.be/0laxX8BFexI?list=PLGCXo2lpjCZ_PLi0MjtpG8rQZLAOj01uC “Nones” represents 21 – 28 percent of American adults have disaffiliated from the church or organization religion. This represents a staggering cohort of 55-70 million Americans. It was my third time to film with Stephen Bullivant, PhD, this week. We have also filmed in Oxford and London, England. Bullivant was an atheist who helped…
Read MoreJerry and Cristie Johnston interview Texas Super Lawyer W. Mark Lanier
Lanier has won court verdicts totaling between $12 – $13 billion dollars. In October 2012, Mr. Lanier was awarded the coveted Clarence Darrow Award. In 2015, Mark was named the 2015 Trial Lawyer of the Year by The National Trial Lawyers and The Trial Lawyer magazine during the Trial Lawyers Summit in Miami. Pepperdine, St.…
Read MoreDr. Jerry Johnston and I reflect on November 9th
TODAY is November 9. What a special day for me and it’s been that for thirty-eight years now. Almost twenty-four hours have passed since America elected Donald Trump as President Elect. Social media has been inundated with people sounding off either “for” or “against.” News media outlets now reporting demonstrations where fires are being set…
Read MoreJerry Johnston Interviews Youth With A Mission Senior Leader Mark Anderson regarding the Largest Missions Organization in the World
https://youtu.be/7J0T-tCgCB8 Are all Millennials “nones”? Not at all. Over 30,000 young people are engaged in evangelism throughout the world serving through YWAM in over 180 countries in 1,100 locations. I spent the day with Mark Anderson who has served for decades next to YWAM founder, Loren Cunningham. Multiple thousands of people are coming to Christ in…
Read MoreJerry & Cristie Jo Johnston Interviews Frank Schaeffer on His Journey to Atheism
https://youtu.be/AqRprXfqlug Dr. Cristie Jo Johnston (@ChristieJoJohn) and I sat down and filmed an interview for our upcoming documentary with Frank Schaeffer in Boston. He Executive Produced his father’s globally acclaimed film series, “How Then Shall We Live,” and “Whatever Happened to the Human Race?” Regarding his dad, Michael Hamilton of Christianity Today wrote,”Perhaps no intellectual save…
Read MoreJerry Johnston Interviews Peter S. Williams on the Religious Prospect of Britain
Certainly saddened by rise of nones, the pastors and researchers we have interviewed are not entirely disheartened. Though being refined, the church in the UK is experiencing
Read MoreJerry Johnston Researches Reason Rally 2016: David Silverman
Though he comes from Jewish roots, David Silverman has been an atheist for most of his life and is currently the president of the non-profit organization American Atheists. The organization supports atheist rights and the effective removal of any governmental religious expression. I watched Silverman define the term “atheist” for the large crowd at the…
Read MoreJerry Johnston Researches Reason Rally 2016: Anthony Pinn
The applause that met Anthony Pinn as he greeted the crowd at the Reason Rally was proof of his popularity in secular circles. In June of 2016, I stood with that crowd and listened to Pinn, an American professor of religion and theology from Rice University in Houston, Texas. Pinn is the founder and director…
Read MoreJerry Johnston Researches Reason Rally 2016: Larry Decker
My crew and I attended the Reason Rally in Washington DC in June of 2016 to document the largest gathering of atheists in America. We listened to Larry Decker, the Executive Director of the Secular Coalition for America, and long-time government relations professional in the capital. He spent nearly eight years in leadership with the…
Read MoreJerry Johnston Researches Reason Rally 2016: Ian Harris
Satirical comedian Ian Harris has appeared on popular shows, including Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Comedy Central, as well as his own TV special “Critical and Thinking” that is currently on Hulu. He has a skeptical comment for everything from global warming to religion. With his wit and humor, Harris entertained the crowd of the Reason…
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