The study found the share of U.S. adults who generally say they attend religious services at least once a month dropped from 33% in 2019, before the COVID-19 outbreak, to 30% in 2022.
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, nearly every congregation in the United States shut down, at least for a while. For some Americans, that was the push they needed to never come back to church.
Contributing writer Rodney Kennedy explores why so many people have deserted their churches. He argues that many people are simply caught up in the currents of a secular age and have been swept away without a whimper of protest.
Lauren Graeber makes the case that parents of young children are still languishing in 2022 and it’s part of the reason they’re not coming back to church. As positivity rates once again drop and parents don’t rush back, she suspects that the deeper motivation for
A new survey of 15,278 religious congregations across the United States confirms trends sociologists have documented for several decades: Congregational life across the country is shrinking.
New research released this month shows that weekly worship attendance can save the lives of the lifesavers, significantly lowering the risk of “deaths of despair.”
For the second time in two days, police have charged a pastor with defying public orders against large gatherings by holding church services with hundreds of members.
More than 1 in 10 regular churchgoers say in-person services at their house of worship are still happening, according to new research. Seventeen percent said they continue to attend in-person church events.