Several surveys countering longstanding polls that '40%' of Americans attend church are described. Research techniques and biases aside, the real number is closer to 20 or 25%. Reasons why people fudge on public opinion polls on this question are analyzed.
CHURCH ATTENDANCE in the U.S. is, apparently, stable and strong. Year after year 40 percent of Americans tell pollsters that they attended church or synagogue in the last seven days. From this evidence, American religion seems quite ...