The LA Times, MSNB and CNN all recently picked up on a study was released by the Pew-Form on Religion and Public Life.
It says, among other things,
- 78.4% of Americans are Christians, about 5% belong to other faith traditions and 16.1% are unaffiliated with any religion.
- Secular unaffiliated Americans account for 6.3% of the population; religious unaffiliated, 5.8%; atheists, 1.6%; and agnostics, 2.4%.
- At 1.7% of the population, Jews make up the next-largest religious group. Buddhists are 0.7% of the population; Muslims 0.6%; and Hindus and New Age followers, both 0.4%.
What trends are we seeing here:
- Non-denominational churches are gaining members.
- U.S. about to lose its status as a majority Protestant nation.
- 25 percent of adults leave faith of their upbringing.
- Survey found a dropping confidence in organized religion.
In a separate survey from UCLA which you can read about at churchrelevance.com
- 43.7% of freshmen frequently attend religious services while 25.4% of juniors frequently attend religious services.
- 20.2% of freshmen never attend religious services while 37.5% of juniors never attend religious services.
How did the Assemblies of God fair? Out of the Pentecostal fellowship with a evangelical tradition we were only 1 of 2 fellowships that grew out of 10. The bad news was, it was only at 1.4%.
Is this good news or bad news? What do you think?
If you would like to read the full report from Pew Forum, it is available here
It says, among other things,
- 78.4% of Americans are Christians, about 5% belong to other faith traditions and 16.1% are unaffiliated with any religion.
- Secular unaffiliated Americans account for 6.3% of the population; religious unaffiliated, 5.8%; atheists, 1.6%; and agnostics, 2.4%.
- At 1.7% of the population, Jews make up the next-largest religious group. Buddhists are 0.7% of the population; Muslims 0.6%; and Hindus and New Age followers, both 0.4%.
What trends are we seeing here:
- Non-denominational churches are gaining members.
- U.S. about to lose its status as a majority Protestant nation.
- 25 percent of adults leave faith of their upbringing.
- Survey found a dropping confidence in organized religion.
In a separate survey from UCLA which you can read about at churchrelevance.com
- 43.7% of freshmen frequently attend religious services while 25.4% of juniors frequently attend religious services.
- 20.2% of freshmen never attend religious services while 37.5% of juniors never attend religious services.
How did the Assemblies of God fair? Out of the Pentecostal fellowship with a evangelical tradition we were only 1 of 2 fellowships that grew out of 10. The bad news was, it was only at 1.4%.
Is this good news or bad news? What do you think?
If you would like to read the full report from Pew Forum, it is available here
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