Tuesday, January 06, 2015

Most Churchgoers Won’t Skip Church for Football


Most American churchgoers would rather attend church than watch their favorite football team. But a few diehard fans are willing to miss out on worship to watch a game.

About 1 in 7 churchgoers (15 percent) say they’d skip church in order to watch their favorite football team, according to a survey of 994 churchgoers from Nashville-based LifeWay Research.

Researchers found most of the faithful balk at skipping church for football.

More than 8 in 10 (83 percent) disagree with the statement: “I would skip a weekly worship service in order to watch my favorite football team.”

Many worshipers had particularly strong feelings—nearly 7 in 10 (68 percent) strongly disagree. Read more

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