Secularizing shift is not slowing down

A parishioner sits in a pew at St. Paul’s Methodist Church in Denver in 2016. (John Leyba/The Denver Post/Getty Images)

Rev 2:4-5 But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first. Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.

Important Takeaways:

  • About Three-in-Ten U.S. Adults Are Now Religiously Unaffiliated
  • The secularizing shifts evident in American society so far in the 21st century show no signs of slowing.
  • United States finds the religiously unaffiliated share of the public is 6 percentage points higher than it was five years ago and 10 points higher than a decade ago.
  • Currently, about three-in-ten U.S. adults (29%) are religious “nones” – people who describe themselves as atheists, agnostics or “nothing in particular” when asked about their religious identity.
  • Recent declines within Christianity are concentrated among Protestants. Now at 40%
  • Catholics now 21%

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