Four-in-ten U.S. Christian churchgoers appear to have replaced attending church in person with virtual religious participation
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 A new Pew Research Center survey finds that the outbreak has changed the religious attendance habits of U.S. adults, at least for the time being. Among people who said in a previous survey that they generally attend religious services at least once or twice a month, 59% now say they have attended less often recently as a result of the outbreak. And a similar share (57%) say they have watched religious services online or on TV instead of in person.
Additionally, more than half of U.S. adults (55%) say they have prayed for an end to the spread of the coronavirus, including 82% of evangelical Protestants, 79% of those in the historically black Protestant tradition, and even about a quarter (24%) of people with no religious affiliation. Support Pew Research CenterPlease support Pew Research Center with a contribution on the Center’s behalf to our parent organization, The Pew Charitable Trusts. |
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