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Why the decline of American Christianity may have ended

In the five years between 2019 and 2024, the share of the adult population considering themselves Christians has been relatively stable, marking a “leveling off” in the phenomenon.

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Beyond the broader identification with Christianity, other surveys have revealed that many who call themselves Christians or evangelicals do not actually hold to historic biblical convictions. File Image.

The many decades of steady decline in the share of Americans who call themselves Christians may have finally stopped, according to a landmark new survey from Pew Research Center.

 

The organization found through their Religious Landscape Study, which is the largest single survey they conduct, that some 62% of adults in America “identify as Christians,” a substantial decline from the 69% who said the same in 2014 and the 78% who said the same in 2007.

 

But in the five years between 2019 and 2024, the share of the adult population considering themselves Christians has been relatively stable, marking a “leveling off” in the phenomenon.

 

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