Putting faces on the survey
Print ViewEverything I read lately seems to be citing the recent study by Pew Forum on Religion. Though there are many things happening on the religious front, few (including General Conference) are getting as much ink as this study.
o 28% of the American population has left the religious tradition of their childhood.
o 44% have left the denomination or tradition of their childhood.
o 8.3% of adults say they were raised Methodist. 6.2% are Methodist now. A loss of 2.1%
o 12.1% choose no religious affiliation at all.
How do you read those numbers? You know what they say “ 40% of the time, 90% of the statistics can be used to say whatever 18% of the people want to hear.” Or something like that. (That’s at least 75% right.)
