Statistic about church attendance in America

The vast majority of American adults have attended religious services at some point in their lives—and most are glad they did. According to a survey of more than 1,000 adults by Ellison Research, 93 percent of adults have attended religious services regularly (at least monthly) during some point in their lives. This includes 51 percent who regularly attend services today, and 42 percent who have lapsed. Eighty-six percent of the lapsed individuals had regularly attended a place of worship before they turned 18. (Even childhood church attendance is waning; 24 percent of those under 35 years old didn't go to services regularly as a child, compared to 9 percent of those 55 and older.) Whether or not they are still faithful to attend religious services, many adults see their childhood service-going times as positive; 62 percent say they're glad they had the experience. They also said it gave them a good moral foundation (66 percent), imparted important religious knowledge (57 percent), helped them grow spiritually (50 percent), and prepared them for adulthood (47 percent). Fewer took the more negative views that their church attending days turned them off to religion (19 percent), and what they learned there is not relevant to life today (15 percent). [Source: EllisonResearch.com, November 17, 2007]

Taken from CCCA Thursday Mail- 3/6/2008