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This story from christianitytoday.com
Why Americans Go to Church or Stay Home
"Among US adults who do attend church or other religious services regularly (defined by Pew as attending monthly or more), 7 in 10 say a very important reason they attend is so their children will have a moral foundation (69%). Similar shares attend to become a better person (68%) or for comfort in times of trouble or sorrow (66%).
The most common reason for attendance is to become closer to God (81%), which far and away is also cited as the single most important reason (61%) with every other reason cited by less than a tenth of respondents.
Pew also examined the demographics of regular worshipers. Among the findings:
71% pray daily
56% are women
55% are age 50 or older
31% are college graduates
45% identify as Democrats or lean that way
Why They Attend:
Pew found that while becoming “closer to God” is the most important reason given for attending church or other religious services regularly, concern for comfort or the character of children or one’s self also rank high.
“Smaller majorities say that valuable sermons and being part of “a community of faith” are very important reasons for their regular religious attendance,” noted Pew researchers. “Far fewer cite their family’s religious traditions (37%) or a feeling of religious obligation (31%) as reasons for their steady religious attendance, while even fewer say socializing and meeting new people (19%) or pleasing their spouse or family (16%) are key reasons they attend church regularly.”
https://www.christianitytoday.com/n...tendance-top-reasons-go-or-stay-home-pew.html
The poll allows for multiple answers
Why Americans Go to Church or Stay Home
"Among US adults who do attend church or other religious services regularly (defined by Pew as attending monthly or more), 7 in 10 say a very important reason they attend is so their children will have a moral foundation (69%). Similar shares attend to become a better person (68%) or for comfort in times of trouble or sorrow (66%).
The most common reason for attendance is to become closer to God (81%), which far and away is also cited as the single most important reason (61%) with every other reason cited by less than a tenth of respondents.
Pew also examined the demographics of regular worshipers. Among the findings:
71% pray daily
56% are women
55% are age 50 or older
31% are college graduates
45% identify as Democrats or lean that way
Why They Attend:
Pew found that while becoming “closer to God” is the most important reason given for attending church or other religious services regularly, concern for comfort or the character of children or one’s self also rank high.
“Smaller majorities say that valuable sermons and being part of “a community of faith” are very important reasons for their regular religious attendance,” noted Pew researchers. “Far fewer cite their family’s religious traditions (37%) or a feeling of religious obligation (31%) as reasons for their steady religious attendance, while even fewer say socializing and meeting new people (19%) or pleasing their spouse or family (16%) are key reasons they attend church regularly.”
https://www.christianitytoday.com/n...tendance-top-reasons-go-or-stay-home-pew.html
The poll allows for multiple answers