Decline in Christianity among US adults slowing: Study

  • Christianity declined in the US since 2007
  • Number of Christian adults has been stagnant since 2019
  • Nearly 37,000 people were surveyed

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(NewsNation) — The number of Americans who identify as Christian has declined over the years, but a new study from the Pew Research Center shows that may be slowing.

The Religious Landscape Study found that 62% of adults identified as Christian, down from 78% when Pew conducted a similar study in 2007.

Since 2019, the decline started to level off, and the number of Christian adults in the United States stayed between 60% and 64%.

In the different branches of Christianity in the U.S., 40% identified as Protestant, 19% identified as Catholic and 3% identified as Christian without specifying a certain denomination.

Although the number is down from 58% in the 2007 survey, the number of Americans who said they pray every day has held between 44% and 46% since 2021. In the recent survey, 44% said they pray at least once a day.

The survey was conducted between 2023 and 2024 and included nearly 37,000 adults in the U.S.

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