Religious Trends

“According to American Bible Society’s (ABS) report, State of the Bible 2020, the number of American adults considered ‘Scripture engaged’ based on how frequently they read the Bible and its impact on their relationships and choices dropped from 28% to 23% …Yet the study also shows 68% of American adults (about 172 million people) are ‘Bible curious,’….

“Of 34 nationalities, Americans have declined the most in connecting belief in God to morality.” - CToday

“Strange Rites explores and analyzes seven different movements in contemporary modern American life, all of which function—at some level—as new faith systems after the decline of mainline Protestantism. The current age, for Burton, is decidedly not secular.” - John Ehrett

“A study of pet ownership has found that religious people are just as likely to own dogs as everyone else, but they are markedly less likely to own cats.” - Veith

“As baptisms and membership continue to decline, top SBC leader challenges the annual report process.” - CT

Related: Here it is. The annual SBC statistical weepfest…and Ronnie Floyd is right

“Derek Rishmawy and Cameron Cole discuss whether or not evangelism will change as America becomes post-Christian. They address: Growing trends…Careful, intentional use of our Christian language…The confusion of Christian jargon…” - TGC

“New data from Barna show the new cultural reality and spiritual landscape of the United States amid the multi-faceted disruption the global coronavirus pandemic has caused.” - CPost

Causes of Secularization, such as Too Much Religious Power - Gene Veith

“It is a meta-analysis—that is, a study of studies–bringing together a wide range of disparate research and analyzing the data in terms of each other to arrive at more rigorous conclusions.” - Gene Veith

“The third and latest report in Dr. George Barna’s American Worldview Inventory 2020 evaluated the perceptions of God that people have in the U.S. Among the survey’s most surprising findings are that more Americans believe in Satan than believe in God and that more people believe that Jesus was divine and a sinner than believe he is divine and sinless.” - Church Leaders