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Poll: Why Americans Attend, Skip Church(Christian Worldview/Issues) |
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More than half of Americans attend church at least once a month. The number one reason people attend church is for spiritual growth and guidance, said 23 percent of respondents in the Gallup survey. Twenty percent of adults say they attend because it keeps them grounded/inspired. And the top "rational" reason adults seldom or never attend church is they don't agree with organized religion or what they preach (24 percent). Among top "practical" reasons for hardly attending or missing church altogether, 21 percent said they don't have time or they don't get around to it. The poll split Catholics and non-Catholic Protestants – the largest two groups of churchgoers – and found that while Protestants mainly go to church for spiritual growth and guidance, Catholics are more likely to say they attend because it keeps the grounded/inspired. Catholics are also more likely to say they attend because it's their faith. For Protestants, fellowship of other members and the community plays a big part in drawing attendants regularly with 17 percent saying they attend because of fellowship. Only 3 percent of Catholics, however, go to church because of fellowship.
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