Hmmm. I wonder whether the cost of belonging to a congregation is a factor. I also wonder whether authoritarian congregations lost more attendance than Episcopal churches, for an example, or liberal synagogues, for another example.
Good point! There is some social science about people being more likely to leave church when pastors brought up politics that they disagree with. But I doubt that’s the driving factor in the overall trend.
Hmmm. I wonder whether the cost of belonging to a congregation is a factor. I also wonder whether authoritarian congregations lost more attendance than Episcopal churches, for an example, or liberal synagogues, for another example.
Good point! There is some social science about people being more likely to leave church when pastors brought up politics that they disagree with. But I doubt that’s the driving factor in the overall trend.
https://goodfaithmedia.org/u-s-millennial-church-attendance-sees-large-increase-in-2022/#:~:text=The%20gap%20noticeably%20widened%20in,Xers%20and%2013%25%20of%20Millennials.
not quite sure i believe those numbers…
Right, nor do I quite believe, given that I'm not a believer ;) but here's another set of data
https://www.statista.com/statistics/245491/church-attendance-of-americans/