Gallup: U.S. church membership dips below 50% for first time

[Grammy23]

52. They're used to be a lot of social pressure to be a part of a church or religious institution.

For sure in the south it was that way. “Where do you go to church” was a common question if you moved to a new community or met someone new. With a very mobile society (until Covid!) we are more mixed with folks from various places. As time as gone on, it has become less common to have a “church home”. People are more apt to spend a Sunday out doing family activities, or fishing or golfing, picnicing, mowing the lawn...etc.

It is nice to meet someone new and not have them assume you are religious or “belong” to a certain well known Big Box Church.

Things are changing in the US. Maybe it reflects more education. More willingness to put aside things that don’t matter any more or are not important in your life. They need to ask more questions when they survey /and maybe they do but don’t report in their short synopsis of the results. There are reasons for the change and churches would love to know how to entice people back. If it can be done ...... they’ve tried adding Family Life Centers, modern music and ENTERTAINMENT. I don’t know what they need but the hypocrisy of preaching one thing but doing another ain’t cutting it any more.