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Article: No Evidence Bad Times Are Boosting Church Attendance; An average of 42% have attended regularly all year.(Survey)
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- Gallup Poll News Service
- Article date:
- December 17, 2008
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Byline: Frank Newport
Synopsis: Despite some news reports to the contrary, Gallup Poll Daily tracking shows no evidence that church attendance in America has been increasing as a result of bad economic times; the 42% of Americans who report having attended church regularly over the last several months is unchanged from earlier this year.
PRINCETON, NJ -- Despite some news reports to the contrary, a review of almost 300,000 interviews conducted by Gallup so far in 2008 shows no evidence that church attendance in America has been increasing late this year as a result of bad economic times. In September, October, November, and so far in December, about 42% of Americans ...