The Most Post-Christian Cities: Multiple Waco mentions in this article

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Jacques Strap
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https://www.barna.com/research/post-christian-cities-2019/

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Over the past year, Barna research has unpacked faith trends in the U.S. including a general reluctance to engage in spiritual conversations, an aversion to evangelism and the erosion of religious belief and practice. These stories and more continue to point to an increasingly secularized nation made up of increasingly secularized cities. Based on data compiled from FaithView, Barna's new subscription-based online database of city, state and national spiritual profiles, let's take a look at the changing religious makeup of American cities using our "post-Christian" metric.

Waco was ranked #51 of the 100 metro areas in the survey. Almost put this in the Waco forum but figured this was the better option. No comment really, just found this interesting.

Have not read the Bible (in the last week):
  • Springfield-Holyoke, MA: 87%
  • Waco-Temple-Bryan, TX: 67%
  • Charleston-Huntington, WV: 58%
Have not attended a Christian church (in the last 6 months):
  • Springfield-Holyoke, MA: 65%
  • Waco-Temple-Bryan, TX: 45%
  • Charleston-Huntington, WV: 37%
Have never made a commitment to Jesus:
  • Springfield-Holyoke, MA: 60%
  • Waco-Temple-Bryan, TX: 37%
  • Charleston-Huntington, WV: 22%
Have not prayed to God (in the last week):
  • Springfield-Holyoke, MA: 47%
  • Waco-Temple-Bryan, TX: 27%
  • Charleston-Huntington, WV: 25%
Disagree that faith is important in their lives:
  • Springfield-Holyoke, MA: 41%
  • Waco-Temple-Bryan, TX: 25%
  • Charleston-Huntington, WV: 13%
Do not believe in God:
  • Springfield-Holyoke, MA: 11%
  • Waco-Temple-Bryan, TX: 6%
  • Charleston-Huntington, WV: 6%


ScottS
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Alot of the places on the left side of that chart, the side with less belief/spirituality, seem to be in pot smoking states.
Redbrickbear
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A little surprising.

I would have thought the number would be a little better for the Waco-Bryan metro corridor.

But it just confirms what most of us already know.....on average only about half of Americans are actually practicing religion in any meaningful way.

praying daily or a least several times a week, going to church at least 2-4 times a month, reading the holy scripture with some regularity.

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