Study: A Third of Americans Don't Go to Church; Worship Still below Level Prior to Pandemic

 A new study on how the COVID -19 pandemic lockdowns impacted church attendance in the U.S. has found that roughly one in three Americans now say they've stopped attending religious services, the Christian Post website reports today (Jan. 9, 2023). 

The pandemic lockdowns disrupted religious participation for millions of Americans, notes the study, titled "Faith After the Pandemic: How COVID -19 Changed American Religion."

In the summer of 2020, only 13% of Americans reported attending in-person worship services, which increased to 27% by the spring of 2022, but the rates of worship attendance were still lower than before the pandemic and subsequent lockdowns.