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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Adam Gabbatt

Losing their religion: why US churches are on the decline

About a quarter of the young adults who dropped out of church said they disagreed with their church’s stance on political and social issues.
About a quarter of the young adults who dropped out of church said they disagreed with their church’s stance on political and social issues. Photograph: Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images

Churches are closing at rapid numbers in the US, researchers say, as congregations dwindle across the country and a younger generation of Americans abandon Christianity altogether – even as faith continues to dominate American politics.

As the US adjusts to an increasingly non-religious population, thousands of churches are closing each year in the country – a figure that experts believe may have accelerated since the Covid-19 pandemic.

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