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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