Three in 10 Americans, but 67% of Mormons, attend church regularly. Most religious groups show declines in attendance over the past two decades.

Three in 10 U.S. adults attend religious services regularly, led by Mormons at 67%

As Americans observe Ramadan and prepare to celebrate Easter and Passover, the percentage of adults who report regularly attending religious services remains low. Three in 10 Americans say they attend religious services every week (21%) or almost every week (9%), while 11% report attending about once a month and 56% seldom (25%) or never (31%) attend.

Among major U.S. religious groups, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also widely known as the Mormon Church, are the most observant, with two-thirds attending church weekly or nearly weekly. Protestants (including nondenominational Christians) rank second, with 44% attending services regularly, followed by Muslims (38%) and Catholics (33%).

Majorities of Jewish, Orthodox, Buddhist and Hindu Americans say they seldom or never attend religious services.

  • wjrii@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    So, are they lying for the Lord, or maybe the poll is flawed, or the Church reports membership differently than the poll respondents did? Could be any or all, LOL.

    For the poll being flawed, it was a telephone poll, and while they’ve tried to capture more cell phone numbers, you still have to answer and be willing to engage:

    Results for this Gallup poll are based on telephone interviews from combined surveys conducted in 2021-2023, with an aggregate random sample of 32,445 adults, aged 18 and older, living in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia

    • Pennomi@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      8 months ago

      Phone interviews are highly skewed towards older people. I wouldn’t be surprised if that was the correct number for older generations.

    • NegativeNull@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      I think the flaw is that “attendance” is self reported. Mormons know they are supposed to attend, and there’s no harm is saying that they do to a pollster. There’s no way for the pollster to validate that.