The gap is the widest Barna has recorded, with 43% of men reporting weekly attendance compared to 36% of women. Barna says the rise is being driven mostly by younger men.
A new national survey describing the ongoing ideological and spiritual drift among Americans reveals that even consistent churchgoers are abandoning traditional biblical beliefs and conservative social perspectives.
It’s 9 p.m. on Oct. 13, a Monday, on the University of Pittsburgh’s campus. There are two NFL games on TV and fall midterms are this week — but roughly 300 students are packed into a room in the student union building, clapping or raising their hands in worship.
A new national survey shows that biblical clarity about family and the sanctity of life is fading, even among regular churchgoers.
A new national study — conducted by the Family Research Council in partnership with the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University — reveals an erosion of biblical conviction among regular U.S. churchgoers.
“I love the church, but in many instances the church has acquiesced to the expectation that fathers are not making disciples in their home.”
The research, part of the annual American Worldview Inventory 2025, found that just one out of every seven self-described Christians — just 14% — holds a biblically accurate understanding of sin.
On any given Sunday, churchgoers settle into pews as a clergy person takes an ancient holy text and figures out what it has to say about our lives today. But how would worshippers feel if they found out that sermon was written by Artificial Intelligence?
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