Research findings on why people are leaving Christianity

There is a deep yearning for love in all questions — it's the reason they leave Christianity; at times, it's what they gain. But also, it's what ...

I asked people why they're leaving Christianity, and here's what I ...

For many respondents, politics is what finally motivated them to leave Christianity. Specifically, many referenced the election of Donald Trump ...

In U.S., Decline of Christianity Continues at Rapid Pace

The Christian share of the population is down and religious “nones” have grown across multiple demographic groups: white people, black people ...

The Great Disconnect: Why People are Leaving Christianity

It's caused many people to leave the church and for some, even their faith in Christ. But this disconnect isn't usually due to a lack of faith ...

Buckets Of Reasons People Are Leaving Christianity - Patheos

The number one issue for “leavers” is the pressure to withhold love and acceptance to a marginalized community such as LGBTQ+. It exposes the ...

Why People Quit Religion—and How They Find Meaning Again

But recent trends in the United States have revealed that increasingly more people are leaving religion. By 2070, many project that Christianity ...

Looking for polling data: why do Christians think people are leaving?

There are lots of good polls from people who have left Christianity asking the apostates the reason why. What I'm finding a harder time locating is the other ...

Are more people leaving Christianity? Are they aware that ... - Quora

While some individuals may choose to leave Christianity due to personal reasons or disagreements with certain teachings, others may find solace ...

Modeling the Future of Religion in America - Pew Research Center

People who are religiously unaffiliated, sometimes called religious “nones,” accounted for 30% of the U.S. population. Adherents of all other ...

Pew Research: Why Young People Are Leaving Christianity

A large percent of young people are leaving the church because of questions about science that lead to doubts about God's Word. If we can't trust the historical ...

The Real Reason People Leave Religion

To put it another way, they quiet quit. A wealth of research has shown that religious socialization in the family is a key component of the ...

Christianity Decline: Why Americans Are Leaving Their Religion

According to the Public Religion Research Institute, 56 percent of respondents said they left their faith because they just stopped believing in its teachings.

Decline of Christianity Shows No Signs of Stopping

Pew does not have a theory about why more people are switching. The research center focuses on the data, leaving explanations to others.

Six Reasons Young Christians Leave Church - Barna Group

Reason #2 – Teens' and twentysomethings' experience of Christianity is shallow. A second reason that young people depart church as young adults ...

Why are so many people leaving christianity? : r/AskAChristian

14 votes, 78 comments. According to pew research survey christianity is on the decline, every year more and more people move away from ...

Losing my religion: Who walks away from their faith and why?

Researchers have recently begun to study individuals who are no longer religious. This group of formerly religious individuals—known as the ...

'The great dechurching': Why so many Americans are leaving their ...

Now that 40 million number includes people of all faiths. But today, we're going to focus on Christianity, because it is the faith that the ...

The Great Dechurching looks at why people are leaving churches

For so-called cultural Christians, they left in part because their friends weren't there (18%) and because attending was not convenient (18%) ...

Americans' Reasons for Leaving Religious Traditions - PRRI

Almost half of former evangelicals (45%) cited negative religious teachings about LGBTQ people as a reason they left, while 34% said scandals ...

Why American Christians are turning people off from the church

Among their top reasons was that church members seemed divisive, judgmental or hypocritical. Pastor Andy Stanley of the Atlanta area recently ...