Cause of decline in church attendance

According to a 2019 Gallup study:

*U.S. church membership is down sharply in the past two decades. It was 70% or higher from 1937 through 1976, falling modestly to an average of 68% in the 1970s through the 1990s. The past 20 years have seen an acceleration in the drop-off, with a 20-percentage-point decline since 1999 and more than half of that change occurring since the start of the current decade.

The reason for the decline is:

Not because prayer isn’t allowed at school.
Not because “God” is left out of the pledge of allegiance.
Not because people aren’t patriotic.
Not because kids don’t respect their elders or the flag.
Not because our youth aren’t raised right anymore.
Not because of “the Muslims”.
Not because of immigrants.
Not because of wall-less borders.
Not because of gay marriage.
Not because of transgender bathrooms.
Not because of social programs to non-working people.
Not because of “right” or “left”.
Not because of gun laws or lack thereof.
Not because the world has gone to hell.
Not because the good old days are over.

Many, many individuals and churches are the exception, but the cause of Christianity’s rapid decline in attendance is …

The people inside.

*Paragraph from Gallup article written by Jeffrey M. Jones, April 18, 2019

Cindi Gale

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