Despite the rising readership levels among men, though, women are still substantially more likely than men to read the Bible during a typical week. Bible reading is much more common in the South than in any of the other regions of the nation. The other major forms of religious activity measured showed no signs of change. Small group participation. The incidence of participation in a small group or cell group that meets during the week has not changed since first measured in 1993.
Blacks are twice as likely as other adults to participate.
Adult Sunday school. This is down slightly from the levels of the early Nineties. Volunteering at a church. Political conservatives are nearly twice as likely as liberals to help at a church. The annual survey produced some other intriguing results, according to George Barna, president of the company that conducts the survey.