Why Many People Won't Go Back to Church This Sunday

What research suggests about Sunday's massive outreach effort by 21,200 churches.

On Sunday, more than 21,200 churches will participate in National Back to Church Sunday. The massive outreach effort—which has grown more than 60 percent from last year's 13,150 churches—is based on Thom Rainer's research that "82 percent of the unchurched are likely to attend church if invited by a trusted friend or relative," while "only 2 percent of church-going people invite someone to church in a given year."

Meanwhile, a Pew Research Center summary of recent research spotlights the main reasons Americans don't attend church.... Keep reading

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