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Religious Preferences and Practices

Overall percentage of Americans who self-described religion preference

The proportion of Americans participating in a religious congregation or community has slipped by two percentage points to 33% since 2017. Over time, this represents a decline in religious community participation of 12 percentage points since 2007, when 45% of respondents said they were active in a faith community.

Not only are fewer people active in communities of faith, but those who still engage do so less often than they used to.

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Research

The face of American society is undeniably changing. American Christianity is changing as well. Our faith fellowships are now home to tens of millions of fewer congregants than they were a decade ago. Americans are more conflicted than ever about what morality means. To be sure, many long-held Christian beliefs remain. Yet the modern American Christian is more apt than ever before to adopt some beliefs and disregard others.

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Insights

Most Americans do not engage in a faith community. The opportunity to reach them is vast.

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