#unchurched — Public Fediverse posts

"Almost half of those who indicated that they are now religiously unaffiliated — nearly a fifth of the country — say their former religion’s hostility to LGBTQ+ Americans played a role.

This makes sense."

~ Philip Bump

#PRRI #unchurched #exvangelicals #nones #churches #LGBTQ #homophobia
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The gift article below is thanks to PRRI.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/27/religion-polling-lgbtq-views/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzExNTk4NDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzEyOTgwNzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MTE1OTg0MDAsImp0aSI6ImU0Y2NhNTFmLTMzNWQtNDFlYS04YmQyLTMwOTQyNjhhY2RiNyIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9wb2xpdGljcy8yMDI0LzAzLzI3L3JlbGlnaW9uLXBvbGxpbmctbGdidHEtdmlld3MvIn0.OubvJ399iQd1e7tPTVncgm_Lb5DxGNHNvucNQfzR0s4

"We found that about 60% of Americans who are under the age of 30 who have left religion say they left because of their religious traditions teaching, which is a much higher rate than for older Americans.'"

#PRRI #unchurched #exvangelicals #nones #churches #LGBTQ #homophobia
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PRRI asked those leaving churches why they are leaving:

"And nearly half (47%) of respondents who left cited negative teaching about the treatment of LGBTQ people.
Those numbers were especially high with one group in particular.

'Religion's negative teaching about LGBTQ people are driving younger Americans to leave church,' [Melissa] Deckman [of PRRI] says."

#PRRI #unchurched #exvangelicals #nones #churches #LGBTQ #homophobia
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Jason DeRose reports on the recently published finding of PRRI that people in the U.S. are leaving churches in record numbers, and about a quarter of Americans now identify as religiously unaffiliated, "a number that has risen over the last decade and is now the largest single religious group in the U.S."

#PRRI #unchurched #exvangelicals #nones #churches #LGBTQ #homophobia
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https://www.npr.org/2024/03/27/1240811895/leaving-religion-anti-lgbtq-sexual-abuse

OhMyGerd they wrote a book about us 😭

#Unchurched #Nextdoor #NotAFan
#LittleFreeLibrary

Perry Bacon Jr. explains to Rachel Martin — both nones who were raised churched, with church playing an important role in their lives — what he means when he says he's looking now for a "church of nones."

He and Martin both found the community, the commitment to shared values, that was central to their church experience important, and they miss it now that they are nones.

#nones #dechurching #unchurched #church
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https://www.npr.org/2023/09/10/1198509609/the-search-for-a-church-that-isnt-a-church