Tag Archives: Church Attendance
Shrinking Number of Americans Say Couples Who Have Children Together Should Marry
Are Divorce Rates the Same Among Christians and Non-Christians?
One of the often-cited claims that seems to have taken hold is that the divorce rate in the church is the same as outside of the church. Yet, is this really true? The claim overlooks what the research really says about church attendance and its impact upon both marriage and divorce rates.
Marriage and church attendance have been falling in America as rates of cohabitation and out of wedlock births have increased over the last 50 years. The decline of religion and marriage have received a lot of attention, but the link between the two has sometimes been overlooked.
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A Stronger Remnant? Faith is Far from Dead in America
Last week there was another proclamation of the death of Christianity in America with a new Pew Research Center study on religious practices in America. The talking points from the study noted the rise of atheism as many commentators said that Americans are “turning their backs on religion.”
Certainly there were some disheartening findings in the study, but it was also a glass half full or half empty perspective. For example of the 51 percent who say that they regularly attend church, 23 percent say that they have always been regular attendees. However, 27 percent say that they are attending …
