{"id":5042,"date":"2010-10-11T09:41:36","date_gmt":"2010-10-11T09:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2010\/10\/christianity-in-america-remarkably-resilient.html"},"modified":"2010-10-11T09:41:36","modified_gmt":"2010-10-11T09:41:36","slug":"christianity-in-america-remarkably-resilient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2010\/10\/christianity-in-america-remarkably-resilient.html","title":{"rendered":"Christianity in America: “remarkably resilient”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThat’s the assessment of a new poll,<\/a> which finds a surprising number of people in “unchurched” parts of America still describe themselves as “Christian”: <\/p>\n

\nWhile it’s no surprise that the highest proportion of self-identified Christians reside in the South, a new survey reveals that even in the most unchurched U.S. cities, nearly three out of four people say they’re Christian.<\/p>\n

According to Barna Group, the most unchurched cities – where around four out of ten adults have not been to a religious worship service in the last six months – are San Francisco; Portland, Maine; Portland, Ore.; Boston; Sacramento; and Seattle. Many of these cities also have the highest percentage of atheists or agnostics.<\/p>\n

Yet in each of these cities, 68 to 76 percent identify as a Christian.<\/p>\n

David Kinnaman, who directed the research project, concluded that Christianity in America is “remarkably resilient and mainstream.”<\/p>\n

“Nearly three out of four people call themselves Christians, even among the least ‘Christianized’ cities. Furthermore, a majority of U.S. residents, regardless of location, engage in a church at some level in a typical six-month period,” he said in the report Monday.<\/p>\n

“The real differences spiritually between various regions are not so much what they call themselves; the faith gaps are more likely to be issues of belief, practice, politics and spiritual emphasis – how people think about, prioritize and express their faith.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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