Aaron Earls

Christians split between those who don’t believe this is the end times (49%) and those who do (47%), including 20% who believe Jesus will return after global circumstances worsen.

Mainline pastors are more likely than their evangelical counterparts to say their most attended service is on Christmas Eve (60% v. 44%), while evangelical pastors are more likely than mainline ministers to say their highest attendance event is during the third week of December (30% v. 17%).

Despite churches returning to pre-pandemic levels of holding in-person services, not all churchgoers have followed suit.

Most pastors in all denominational groups say women could be ministers to children, ministers to teenagers, committee leaders or coed adult Bible study teachers in their churches.

Most pastors have experience with mental illness in their congregations.

Not all pro-life Americans are religious, but religious Americans are more likely to be pro-life and less likely to be pro-abortion rights.

Christians express a desire to talk about their faith, yet few have shared with someone how to become a Christian in the past six months.

More than 8 in 10 churches have an attendance of at least half of what it was prior to the pandemic.