“No Evidence Bad Times Are Boosting Church Attendance”

Posted on December 17, 2008 by Walter Olson

Per Gallup, a trend spotted by the New York Times a few days back may not pan out as much of a trend after all: “a review of Gallup Poll Daily tracking data, in which 1,000 randomly selected people each day are asked how often they attend church, shows absolutely no change this year in the overall self-reported pattern of church attendance across the country as a whole.” (earlier).

About Walter Olson

Fellow at a think tank in the Northeast specializing in law. Websites include overlawyered.com. Former columnist for Reason and Times Online (U.K.), contributor to National Review, etc.
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2 Responses to “No Evidence Bad Times Are Boosting Church Attendance”

  1. cold equation says:
    December 17, 2008 at 1:57 pm

    I think this is a bit premature. We’ve only been in financial disaster mode for a few months. Check again in 6 months to a year.

  2. mikespeir says:
    December 17, 2008 at 2:23 pm

    I agree with cold equation. For most of us these “bad times” haven’t been all that bad–at least, not yet.

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