Monday, March 23, 2009

No Uptick in Americans’ Religiosity

I've heard a ton of pastors expressing that a recession might be a really good thing for the American Church. Here's an interesting article on a recent Gallup Pole taken on the topic:
"Despite suggestions that the economic recession might cause religiosity among Americans to increase, there has been no evident change over the past 15 months in either Americans' self-reported church attendance or the importance of religion in their daily lives. Forty-two percent on average have reported attending church every week or nearly every week during that time, and 65% have reported that religion is important in their daily lives. These results are based on an analysis of more than 425,000 interviews Gallup has conducted since January 2008."

For the full article click HERE.

2 comments:

  1. Nothing like an economic wake up call or crisis to get Materialists attention. Worked for me.

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  2. So I guess opinions vary. I just found this post as well. Good to see Churches filling the need: http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2009-03-29-churches-helping_N.htm

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