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Dec 13, 2022 · I asked people why they’re leaving Christianity, and here’s what I heard. Analysis Brandon Flanery | December 13, 2022. For some time now, Christianity has been on the decline. According to a September 2022 Pew study, people identifying as Christian have decreased from 90% of the U.S. population in 1972 to 64% in 2020.
Jan 24, 2024 · January 24, 2024. Jonathan Chang. Meghna Chakrabarti. (davelogan via Getty Images) About 40 million Americans have left churches and other religious institutions in the last 25 years. For some,...
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Jan 24, 2024 · (davelogan via Getty Images) About 40 million Americans have left churches and other religious institutions in the last 25 years. For some, the decision is rooted in deep pain. But for the majority, their reasons for leaving are a lot more mundane than you’d expect. “Most people have left for really pedestrian reasons.
Sep 15, 2023 · The Great Dechurching looks at why people are leaving churches. A new book looks at why millions of Americans left church — and what might bring them back. By Bob Smietana. September 15, 2023 at...
Jun 29, 2021 · Pastor Andy Stanley of the Atlanta area recently cited the top five reasons that people leave the church. On the list was “they had a bad church experience,” where church members...
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Jul 29, 2023 · July 29, 2023. Nearly everyone I grew up with in my childhood church in Lincoln, Nebraska, is no longer Christian. That’s not unusual. Forty million Americans have stopped attending church in ...
Sep 7, 2023 · “More people have left the church in the last twenty-five years than all the new people who became Christians from the First Great Awakening, Second Great Awakening, and Billy Graham crusades...
