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Wednesday, April 28, 2010
News Is America becoming less Christian?
Posted By Rhiannon Fionn-Bowman on Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 10:03 AM
Since I began covering the Jinwrights' tax-evasion trial, I've heard several people suggest that the news coming out of the courtroom may lead people away from church. According to a recent survey, it appears people were already leaving.
Most young adults today don't pray, don't worship and don't read the Bible, a major survey by a Christian research firm shows.If the trends continue, "the Millennial generation will see churches closing as quickly as GM dealerships," says Thom Rainer, president of LifeWay Christian Resources. In the group's survey of 1,200 18- to 29-year-olds, 72% say they're "really more spiritual than religious."
Among the 65% who call themselves Christian, "many are either mushy Christians or Christians in name only," Rainer says. "Most are just indifferent. The more precisely you try to measure their Christianity, the fewer you find committed to the faith."
Key findings in the phone survey, conducted in August and released today:
• 65% rarely or never pray with others, and 38% almost never pray by themselves either.
• 65% rarely or never attend worship services.
• 67% don't read the Bible or sacred texts.
Many are unsure Jesus is the only path to heaven: Half say yes, half no.
"We have dumbed down what it means to be part of the church so much that it means almost nothing, even to people who already say they are part of the church," Rainer says.
Read the rest of this USA Today article, by Cathy Lynn Grossman, here.
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