What's fueling drop in church attendance? It's all about family, one advocate says

Ahead of Easter Sunday, a new report from Gallup shows fewer Americans are regular churchgoers.

FILE - University of Pittsburgh student Olivia Meholic, front, prays after receiving Communion at St. Paul Catholic Cathedral in Pittsburgh on Sunday, June 26, 2022. that just 30% of Americans go nearly weekly, down 12 percentage points over the last couple of decades.

These findings are consistent with a 2021 Gallup report that showed church memberships had dropped below 50% for the first time. In 2020, 47% of Americans said they belonged to a church, synagogue or mosque, down from 50% in 2018 and 70% in 1999. The surgeon general’s report also noted that family size and marriage rates have been in steady decline. And the share of single-person households has more than doubled since 1960.

His group works with churches to strengthen their communities by focusing on relationships and marriages.

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