But that term covers both the devout, sincere believer and the nominal adherent. One source 2 described the results of a 1993 in-depth survey of about 4,000 American adults. Special events like weddings, funerals, or holidays were not counted. A rise of 4 percentage points nationwide and 7 percentage points in the South may not seem that significant. The Barna web site contains an interesting analysis of the unchurched by age, education, marital status, etc.
Some factor appears to be actively driving church goers away from organized religion.
And yet, this is happening at a time when Americans have an unprecedented interest in spirituality. Christian organizations Denominational membership numbers are difficult to compare exactly, because many faith groups have differing definition of membership. Others, like Christian Scientists, do not publish figures. Adventist Churches 808 American Rescue Workers 35 Apostolic Christian Church 4 Nazarene Apostolic Christian Churches of America 11 Baptist Churches 36,613 Brethren 51 German Baptists Brethren - River 19 Christian Church 938 Disciples of Christ Christian Churches 1,071 Churches of Christ Christian Congregation 112 Christian and Missionary Alliance 302 Christian Union, Churches of Christ in 10 Churches of Christ 1,651 Churches of God 257 Church of the Nazarene 598 Community Churches, Inter. Council of 500 Congregational Christian Churches 90 Conservative Congr.