Religious Trends

"The survey released Dec. 24, shows 72 percent of Americans say religion is important in their lives, including 51 percent who say it’s 'very important.' ...Only 46 percent of Americans say religion can 'answer all or most of today's problems' -- another record low and the first time the number has dipped below 50 percent.” - Christian Headlines

"The most shared, bookmarked, and highlighted verse by YouVersion community members around the world this year is Isaiah 41:10" - Globe Newswire

"Europeans generally are less religious than people in other parts of the world. But within Europe, there are sometimes sizable differences in levels of religious commitment, according to an analysis of recent Pew Research Center surveys in 34 countries." - Pew Research

"Pew Research Center found 59 percent of college-educated individuals have considered making changes in their religious congregation. However, only 38 percent of the participants who completed high school or lower types of education did the same." - WRN

Pew Research: "More than 6 in 10 (61 percent) list that as their primary reason. Two-thirds attend to provide a moral foundation for their kids (69 percent), to become a better person (68 percent), or to find comfort in times of trouble (66 percent)." - BPNews

"We have a moral responsibility to guide one another towards reality as it is. For too many people on the left, the notion that they aren’t immediately entitled to the reality they choose for themselves is—and they use this word—fascist." - American Conservative

"The number of Amish have tripled since 1984. They have been identified as one of the fastest moving communities in America. This has occurred for two reasons." - WRNews

"[T]hese trends may be less about our abandoning the supernatural and more about our abandoning each other." - NReview