Saturday, December 31, 2022

Religion in crisis in USA

Last year, Americans' membership in houses of worship fell below 50
percent for the first time since Gallup started its authoritative
religion survey. In 1937 — the year the Gallup poll began — seven out
of 10 Americans attended church. In 2020 — before the pandemic — only
47 percent of Americans belonged to a church, synagogue or mosque,
according to the survey. It's been trending downward since 2000. Young
people are rejecting organized religion and some churches are facing
an existential crisis. ....

Once-booming evangelical churches are worried about declining numbers.
But liberal mainline protestants like the Lutherans, Methodists,
Presbyterians, and Episcopalians are hemorrhaging members.

from https://www.opb.org/article/2022/12/10/us-church-attendance-dips-new-worshippers/

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