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Oct 2, 2018 · A third of white Southerners (32 percent) who make less than $30,000 a year seldom or never go to church. That drops to 27 percent for those who make more than $100,000 a year. There is some good news for rural churches. Pew Research reports after years of population decline, rural areas have begun to make a comeback: In 2017, they grew by ...
3. The vast majority of America’s churchless have attended a church. Very few of America’s unchurched adults are purely unchurched—most of them, rather, are de-churched. Only about one-quarter of unchurched adults (23%) has never attended a Christian church at any time in his or her life, other than for a special service such as a wedding ...
Sep 20, 2023 · There is not currently an ecclesiastical structure for Ethiopian (Ge'ez) Catholics in North America. As a consequence, they are canonically subject to the Roman Catholic ordinary within whose geographic jurisdiction they reside. Maronite: United States: Eparchy of St. Maron in Brooklyn of the Maronites. His Grace, Bishop Gregory (Mansour), Eparch
- The Rise of Individualism in Religion
- Dissatisfaction with Current Morality
- The Search For Community
- The Pandemic World and Church
Despite the fact America remains a highly religious country, religious practice is declining, according to the “Faith in America Survey.” Today, 40% of adults in the United States say they attend religious services at least once or twice a month. This is down considerably from the 53% that said the same in an April 2011 Marist poll. Only 30% of U.S...
Although many believed they could leave the church withoutabandoning their religious beliefs, over time, the decrease in religious affiliation has changed religious beliefs. We see this in the “Faith in America Survey” when 85% of Americans report believing in God or any higher power or spiritual force, but only 54% say they believe in God as descr...
Amid all of this, people are searching for community—a place to belong. Most Americans (87%) think it’s important to be part of a close-knit community, according to the “Faith in America Survey.” And this feeling holds true regardless of age, race, political party, or religion. The church is called to live in deep and meaningful community. Another ...
Organized religion had already given way to American individualism before the COVID-19 pandemic struck the United States. This individualism had created a hole that left people searching for community, and that was only exacerbated as quarantining and social distancing was implemented in response to the pandemic. Even as churches began to reopen, t...
Dec 1, 2017 · The Smallest Church in America is located in Darien GA, off exit 67 on I-95. Just drive about a mile down Highway 17 and you’ll see its sign on your left. We’d typed “Smallest Church In America” into Google Maps and it took us straight to Christ’s Chapel in Memory Park.
Sep 13, 2022 · As recently as the early 1990s, about 90% of U.S. adults identified as Christians. But today, about two-thirds of adults are Christians. 6 The change in America’s religious composition is largely the result of large numbers of adults switching out of the religion in which they were raised to become religiously unaffiliated.
Feb 14, 2024 · The Holy Scriptures offer profound insights into the nature of persecution and how believers are to respond to it. For instance, Jesus Himself mentioned in the Beatitudes, “Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven” ( Matthew 5:10 ). This passage, and others like it, provide a ...
