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Post-Pandemic Church Numbers Gradually Increasing, But Still Lag

In pandemic's wake, churchgoing takes a hit, survey indicates – Catholic World Report

In pandemic's wake, churchgoing takes a hit, survey indicates

Null / Goran Bogicevic/Shutterstock.Denver, Colo., Jan 9, 2023 / 16:00 pm (CNA).The percentage of Americans who attend religious services is now "significantly lower" than before the COVID-19 pandemic, especially among young people and other groups identified as less likely to regularly attend, a new survey indicates."The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted much of American society, including religious worship," said a January 2023 report on the survey "Faith After the Pandemic" from the American Enterprise Institute s Survey Center on American Life. "Rather than completely upending established patterns, the pandemic accelerated ongoing trends in religious change. Young people, those who are single, and self-identified liberals ceased attending religious services at all at much higher rates than other Americans did.""At least in terms of religious attendance, the pandemic appears to have pushed out those who had maintained the weakest commitments to

More Americans stay away from church as pandemic nears year three

A new report looking at in-person worship attendance patterns found that a third of those surveyed never attend worship services, up from 25% before the start of the pandemic.

Church Attendance Dropped Among Young People, Singles, Lib...... | News & Reporting

Overall, most churchgoers including most white evangelicals returned to the pews after the pandemic, survey finds.