Faith After the Pandemic: How COVID-19 Changed American Religion

A recent study, “Faith After the Pandemic: How COVID-19 Changed American Religion - The Survey Center on American Life", reveals that approximately one in three Americans have stopped attending in-person church services since social distancing and the lockdowns in 2020.

During the study of 9,425 adults conducted by the Survey on American Life, data was collected from 2018 to March 2020 and from February to April 2022. The research shows that only 13% of Americans reported attending in-person worship services in 2020. However, this number increased to 27% by the Spring of 2022, but the rates of worship attendance were still lower than they were before the pandemic and subsequent lockdowns. In the Spring of 2022, 33% of Americans reported they never attend religious services, compared to 25% who reported this before the pandemic. (americansurveycenter.org)