'The great dechurching': Why so many Americans are leaving their churches
On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
WBUR
4.3 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 24 January 2024
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Rebroadcast: About 40 million Americans have stopped attending a place of worship in the past 25 years. What’s driving it, and what does it tell us about the importance of faith in America?
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| 1:04.0 | When we asked you for stories, |
| 1:07.0 | if you've left your religion or houses of worship, |
| 1:10.0 | you sent us some of the highest numbers of messages we've ever received. Here are just a few. |
| 1:16.0 | I was raised a Catholic and went to church every Sunday, but as an adult I have not gone, I actually don't even really go on holidays anymore. |
| 1:25.6 | I think that the reason for that is the views of the church on things like divorce same sex marriage and abortion just don't align with my views |
| 1:41.1 | we were raised Catholic in our 40s. We had a falling out with the local church because |
| 1:47.2 | sermons were becoming very political, especially about abortion and that just |
| 1:52.1 | really irritated us. That's not why we go to church. |
| 1:54.8 | I grew up going to a Protestant church every week. |
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