New data from Pew Research shows that increasing numbers of Hispanic Americans are leaving the Catholic Church.
The 2013 Pew Survey of Latinos and Religion found that out of 5,103 respondents 55 per cent identified as Catholic. This is a decline from the 67 per cent figure reported in 2010.
According to Pew Research's data, it seems many of the US's 35 million Hispanics are leaving the Catholic Church, and are either losing any religious affiliation, or are joining Evangelical Protestant churches. Keep reading
See also
Why One In Four U.S. Latinos Now Identify As Former Catholics
Survey: Hispanics Leaving Catholicism, Becoming Either Evangelicals or Religiously Unaffiliated
US Latinos less Catholic, more polarized on faith
This is an important trend that gospel-centered, mission-minded churches will not want to ignore. In the twenty-first century Latinos are expected to become the largest segment of the US population.
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