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- The survey finds that just over one-third (36%) of all Black adults in the United States attend religious services at a house of worship where both the clergy and most or all of the congregation is Black.
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Feb 16, 2021 · The survey finds that most Black Americans who attend religious services go to congregations where most of the other attendees and the senior clergy are Black. At the same time, most Black Americans also indicate, in their answers to other questions in the survey, that they value diversity in their religious congregations.
Feb 16, 2021 · A large majority (76%) of Black adults say they grew up attending religious services at predominantly Black congregations, while much smaller shares attended primarily White congregations (7%), congregations with no racial or ethnic majority (7%), or congregations where some other race or ethnicity made up the majority (3%).
Dec 8, 2014 · In 1998, 20% of U.S. congregants were part of congregations that were entirely white. By 2012, that percentage had fallen to 11%, while increasing shares of whites are in congregations with at least some blacks, Hispanics or Asians. That same dynamic is at work among some other groups.
- Michael Lipka
Jim Crow era. A survey of African American churchgoers which was conducted in 1968 revealed that 94% of African Americans were members of predominantly African American congregations. Of the other 6% who were members of integrated denominations, 99% went to segregated churches. [1]
Feb 27, 2023 · Yet according to the Pew Research Center in 2021, most Black congregants attend Black churches while white worshipers go to white churches. Why are churches still so segregated? A. Churches are segregated, in part, because of the enduring racism and white supremacy in the United States of America, including American Christianity.
Feb 19, 2021 · A significant percentage of Black church attendees — 69% — agree that pastors of Black congregations are the African American community’s most important leaders. Worshippers clap during a 2016...
Apr 28, 2021 · But 29% of Black practicing Christians say they have experienced racial prejudice in multiracial congregations, compared to about a tenth who report such an experience in monoracial Black...
