Pandemic Severed Loose Connections for Many Irregular Church Attendees

Instead of radical changes among all churchgoers, the pandemic most likely significantly altered the habits of less frequent church attendees.

After many churches closed their doors during the COVID-19 pandemic, many Americans have not walked back through them since.

A new report found a third of Americans (33%) say they never attend religious services. That’s up from a quarter of adults (25%) prior to the pandemic.

Consequently, those who regularly attended dropped from 26% to 24%, according to the Survey Center on American Life study. The percentage of occasional church attendees also fell two percentage points—10% to 8%. And infrequent attendees dropped from 39% to 36%.

A third of Americans (33%) now say they never attend religious services, up from a quarter of adults (25%) prior to the pandemic, according to a Survey Center on American Life study.

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