Decline of Christianity: 7 Reasons Not to Freak-out About Decline of US Christianity

7 Reasons Not to Freak-out About Decline of US Christianity

Church pews by CHUTTERSNAP via Unsplash. Graph by Pew Research Center. Mitchell Atencio/Sojourners

The decline of Christianity in the U.S. has been documented by the Pew Research Center, which projects that Christianity may decline significantly over the next fourty years. On Sept. 13, Pew Research Center released four hypothetical scenarios that model what the religious landscape of the United States might look like if current demographic trends continue. The four models projected that the U.S. population who identify as Christian would decline from 64 percent in 2020 to between 35-54 in 2070. But that may not be a bad thing.

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