Around the World, Many People Are Leaving Their Childhood Religions
Mar 26, 2025 · Pew Research Center conducted this analysis to examine rates of religious switching in 36 countries across the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East-North Africa …
Christians among most likely to ditch their religion - Newsweek
Jul 1, 2025 · Most people who switch religions do not join another tradition; they leave religion altogether. Christians and Buddhists are the likeliest to disaffiliate, with 19 percent of those raised...
Pew report on religious switching shows rise of disaffiliation ...
Mar 27, 2025 · In the U.S. and many of the other countries included in the report, Christianity is experiencing the largest net losses. In other words, many more people are leaving Christianity as …
'The great dechurching': Why so many Americans are leaving their ...
Jan 24, 2024 · About 40 million Americans have left churches and other religious institutions in the last 25 years. For some, the decision is rooted in deep pain. But for the majority, their reasons for...
A Lot More People are Leaving the Church Now – Times & Seasons
May 23, 2025 · In terms of a percentage, about 0.4% of the U.S. population are converts to the Church across all three waves (well, technically 4%, then 5%, and then 4% again in 2024, but at this point …
US survey sheds light on Church exodus - Christian Today
Apr 10, 2024 · Despite the growing numbers of Americans identifying as unaffiliated with any religion, there is some good news to be found in the report. A slim majority of Americans still say that religion …
Millions who left U.S. churches seek spiritual homes - USA TODAY
Sep 2, 2024 · Eight in 10 adults say religion’s role in American life is diminishing, according to a 2024 Pew Research Center survey, an all-time high.
Why Americans Leave, Stay in Their Childhood Religion - Pew …
Dec 15, 2025 · This Pew Research Center report looks at the choices behind these decisions: why some people continue to identify with their childhood religion, why others have decided to leave it, and why …
Young Women Are Leaving Church in Unprecedented Numbers
Apr 4, 2024 · Even as rates of religious disaffiliation have risen, conservative churches have been able to hold on to their members, but they are facing more of an uphill battle keeping this current …
20 percent of adults have left their childhood religion in many ...
Mar 26, 2025 · NEW YORK – A new study has found that in many countries around the world 20 percent or more of all adults have left their childhood religion, with Christianity and Buddhism being the...