The de-churched are the fastest growing segment, presently one-third of the population.

Many churchgoing families are becoming less churched simply by virtue of their busy schedules and conflicting demands. The typical rhythm of being a family—even a good Christian family—is becoming less connected to church engagement. Two decades ago a “regular churchgoer” was a person who attended at least three weekends per month and often several

In fact, the unchurched are nearly twice as likely as the churched to never have been married, and twice as likely to

groups of people who share a common physical space and have some common religious views, but are not personally connected to each other in meaningful or life-changing ways organizations that add little, if any, value to their communities; their greatest value stems from the limited times they serve the needy in the community organizations that

church activities go. The other thing that has worked is parties—birthday parties, Super Bowl parties—where we invite churched friends and unchurched friends just to connect.

Less than one out of every five unchurched households (18 percent) is a “traditional family”

Overall, just one out of seven (14 percent) unchurched adults in the United States appears open to trying a new church. Yet, projected across the aggregate unchurched universe, this percentage represents nearly 16 million people—not a sum of souls to dismiss! And the figure may actually be more promising than imagined: only two-fifths of these

are those who invest themselves in church life.

Churchgoing Is Losing Traction Percentage of all US adults