Poll: America growing more secular by the year
RNS Christmas is just 10 days away, and most Americans will celebrate the birth of Jesus. But a new poll from Pew shows the share of US adults who consider themselves Christian is falling. Only 63 per cent of Americans self-identify as Christian this year, a marked drop from 75 per cent 10 years ago. The declining […]
Number of Americans who belong to a church or house of worship plummets – Gallup report
RNS Most Americans still say they believe in God, but their involvement in organised religion continues to wane. A new Gallup report found that only half of Americans say they belong to a church or other religious body, down from 69 per cent two decades earlier. A woman sits alone in church pews. PICTURE: Anthony Nguyen/Creative Commons […]