An organization called PewResearch just published a major study on the amazing changingness of religion in the United States. There is a great amount of information in this study to discuss the shifts of religion in our country. Here was an interesting concept that was presented by the finding:
People moving into the unaffiliated category outnumber those moving out of the unaffiliated group by more than a three-to-one margin. At the same time, however, a substantial number of people (nearly 4% of the overall adult population) say that as children they were unaffiliated with any particular religion but have since come to identify with a religious group. This means that more than half of people who were unaffiliated with any particular religion as a child now say that they are associated with a religious group. In short, the Landscape Survey shows that the unaffiliated population has grown despite having one of the lowest retention rates of all "religious" groups.
It is interesting to think about how things are shifting, but that there is the inate desire to fill something that is a hole that only God can fill. We struggle with the people inside ofthe religion, but there is always a desire for something more. There must be something more...may the Church forever reflect that which is more...May God use His church to capture the hearts of those who "don't identify with a religious group."
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