Revelation 2:5 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:

• U.S. Church Attendance Still Lower Than Pre-Pandemic
• In the four years before the pandemic, 2016 through 2019, an average of 34% of U.S. adults said they had attended church, synagogue, mosque or temple in the past seven days. From 2020 to the present, the average has been 30%, including a 31% reading in a May 1-24 survey.
• The recent church attendance levels are about 10 percentage points lower than what Gallup measured in 2012 and most prior years.
• It is not clear if the pandemic is the cause of the reduced attendance or if the decline is a continuation of trends that were already in motion.
• Bottom Line – Americans have been less likely to attend religious services over the past three years, and at this point, it does not appear that church attendance will revert to pre-pandemic levels. These recent trends have added to the longer-term decline in religious participation that Gallup has documented over the past two decades.

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