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Oct 3, 2019 · But there also are gender differences when it comes to inviting fellow students to church or youth group: Nearly three-in-ten girls (28%) report that they sometimes or often invite others to their youth group or worship services, compared with one-in-five boys (20%). Religious activities and expressions in public schools vary by region, too.
- Most teens share the religion of their parents or legal guardians. Protestant parents are likely to have teens who identify as Protestants, while Catholic parents mostly have teens who consider themselves Catholics.
- Approximately half of teens (48%) say they have “all the same” religious beliefs as their parent. Among the other half of teens – those who say they share “some of the same” beliefs or have “quite different” beliefs from their parent – about one-third (34%) say their parent doesn’t know that they differ religiously.
- Teens are just as likely as their parents to say they regularly go to religious services, but when it comes to more personal forms of religious expression, teens appear less religious than their parents.
- Most teens report attending religious services with either both (40%) or one (25%) of their parents. Another 7% say they generally attend with other people, such as grandparents, other family members or friends.
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Apr 15, 2021 · Overall, 27% of respondents said that they “never” attend a religious service. Among high school students, 26% said they never attended a religious service, while that number rose to 28% among those out of high school. Nearly one-quarter (24%) of young Americans said they attend church services at least once per week, including 28% of high ...
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Sep 4, 2019 · Eight years later, research for Kinnaman’s new book Faith for Exiles: 5 Ways for a New Generation to Follow Jesus in Digital Babylon reveals that the church dropout problem is still a problem. In fact, the percentage of young-adult dropouts has increased from 59 to 64 percent. Nearly two-thirds of U.S. 18–29-year-olds who grew up in church ...
Feb 20, 2019 · Here are some highlights from the full post on their site: 1 out of 9 (11%) lose faith in Christianity. 4 out of 10 (40%) leave the Church but still call themselves Christian. 2 out of 10 (20%) disconnect from Church and express frustration about “church culture” and disconnects with society. 3 out of 10 (30%) stay involved church.
Jan 5, 2022 · 15. 37% of Americans have confidence in the church . Americans’ confidence in major U.S. institutions—including the church—fell in 2021, after a brief increase during the 2020 pandemic. From 2019 to 2020, Americans who expressed confidence in the church as an institution grew from a historic low of 36% to 42%, according to Gallup.
Jan 9, 2023 · While 31 percent of liberals never attended church before the pandemic, 46 percent said they didn’t attend in spring 2022. That compares with 14 percent of conservatives before the pandemic and ...
