WASHINGTON – Was church a part of your holiday season?
For many Americans, the apparent answer was “no.”
According to a new poll from Gallup, only 40% of Americans attended church last week. However, that number is close to where it was in 1940 and 1950.
The most religious era of the past 74 years — at least based on this measure of weekly church attendance — was from the mid-to-late 1950s into the early 1960s, when, at some points, almost half of American adults said they had attended religious services in the past seven days, Gallup said.
Since the early 1960s, weekly church attendance has settled down, generally to a range between 40% and 45%.
Most Americans still say religion is “very important” in their lives. An average of 56% of Americans this year say religion is “very important” in their lives, while another 22% said it is “fairly important,” and 22% said it is “not very important.”
Me too, 50 miles south. God not allowed anywhere and consequently the Country is going downhill fast.
It said church, not necessarily YOUR faith. You know it is possible to be agnostic and still have morals right?
Judgmental much?
atheist, not agnostic
religious people = brainwashed sheeple
And, what superstition do you belive in???
Ya, we could save the nation by forcing people to go to church or go to jail, right?
happy to say Im a 60%er