Though some of the programs are broadcast in almost every market in the country, religious programs in general are to be found clustered in areas that already display a high degree of religious interest and church affiliation: on Sunday mornings, in geographical areas of
high church attendance, and on stations recognized as being «religious» in their format.
It has created the anomaly where programs considered to be «evangelical» in content appear more frequently in areas already high in religious interest, commitment, and activity: on Sunday mornings, in geographical areas of already
high church attendance, and on stations recognized as being «religious» in content and format.
For example, while single Christian black women have
the highest church attendance (33 %) among all singles groups, most black dating couples do not meet each other at church anymore.
Not exact matches
That's the upshot of a new study that finds the decline in
church attendance since the 1970s among white Americans without college degrees is twice as
high as for those with college degrees.
The decline in
church attendance among whites without college degrees is twice as
high as for those with college degrees.
So, in answer to your question,
church attendance is
high after the meetings, maybe 50 % but depending on the follow up of each
church, it may or may not last.
To be sure, «religious preference» is not the same as
church membership or
attendance, but it does depict a reality that is connected to
church historian Kenneth Scott Latourette's finding that in 1961 the proportion of
church members to the general population in the U.S. was the
highest ever in the nation's history (Christianity in a Revolutionary Age, Vol.
On average, the Gallup Youth Survey documents teen
church attendance that is 10 percentage points
higher than the national figures for all adults.
Considering that
church attendance and religion in general are on the decline, the survey's other finding may be somewhat surprising: Just 17 percent say they never pray (though that number too, is a new record
high)...
Trump's support declines with
church attendance, but he is still the
highest among
church attendees, which the title of the article might have caused the reader to infer otherwise.
On average in a small
church the
attendance at worship represents a much
higher percentage of the membership, the stewardship is better per member, the instruction is in smaller groups and may therefore be more effective, and leadership development is much better because there isn't pressure to function on a «professional» level.
please take your anti-Catholic bigotry somewhere else... why do you think of all the mainline Christian
churches the Catholic ones have the
highest attendance..
And the majority of Utah residents are Mormons, a group with the
highest average
church attendance level of any major religious group in the country.
I always find it amusing that the
highest rate of
church attendance and the most fundamentalist (such as in Texas) are matched by the lowest tax rates, which makes the state unable to help the poor.
This area roughly parallels that found to be
highest in average
church attendance in the nation.
Evangelical programs derive their raison d'etre from their intent to spread the gospel to those who are beyond the current reach of the
church, yet their syndication patterns reflect the practice of aiming for those areas of the country already
high in
church attendance and religious interest.
Only some peripheral regions of Europe (Scotland, Northern Ireland, Western Norway) have a
higher percentage
attendance at Protestant
churches than Brazil.
Respondents who scored
high on
church attendance and «intrinsic religiosity» were only 31 percent likely to treat underserved populations, compared with 35 percent among the nonreligious; spirituality and youth were better predictors of service.
She quit going to
church after
high school but some of her convictions had intensified instead of fading, as though to compensate for her lack of
attendance.