Women Show Deep Drop In Church Attendance

Lucrum · Aug 3, 2011

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women are a civilizing influence for men. without that men would still be living in caves.
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I wish you'd get a woman so you'd stop posting from your cave.

murray t turtle · Aug 3, 2011

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women are emotional creatures. that is why they have always been the glue behind the church. religion is a delusion that gains its power by emotional pandering so women were more susceptible. if women are starting the see through the religious delusion and rejecting it, not good for the church business.

Women Show Deep Drop In Church Attendance
By Adelle M. Banks
c. 2011 Religion News Service

(RNS) Women, long considered the dominant pew dwellers in the nation's churches, have shown a dramatic drop in attendance in the last two decades, a new survey shows.

Since 1991, the percentage of women attending church during a typical week has decreased by 11 percentage points to 44 percent, the Barna Group reported Monday (Aug. 1).

Sunday school and volunteering among women also has diminished. Two decades ago, half of all women read the Bible in a typical week -- other than at religious events. Now 40 percent do.

The survey also found a marked stepping away from congregations: a 17 percentage increase in the number of women who have become "unchurched."

"For years, many church leaders have understood that 'as go women, so goes the American church,'" wrote Barna Group founder George Barna, on his website. "Looking at the trends over the past 20 years, and especially those related to the beliefs and behavior of women, you might conclude that things are not going well for conventional Christian churches."

The Ventura, Calif.-based researchers compared surveys of more than 1,000 people in 1991 and 2011.

They found that the percentage of women who strongly believe the Bible is accurate in all it teaches declined by 7 percentage points to 42 percent. And those who view God as "the all-knowing, all-powerful and perfect Creator of the universe who still rules the world today" dropped from 80 percent to 70 percent.

"Women used to put men to shame in terms of their orthodoxy of belief and the breadth and consistency of their religious behavior," wrote Barna. "No more; the religious gender gap has substantially closed."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/02/women-church-attendance_n_916604.html
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Thanks,,Free-T.
But it seems like Mr George pollster looks at trends more than he looks @ the Word of the living God.

Too bad, because the Bible is full of 100% inerrant, 100% infallible victory predictions for the Church,victory for Israel.

I enjoy & study trends, but Ezekiel 38 Bible prediction , Ezekiel 39 Bible predictions trump any trends.............................................................

Free Thinker · Aug 3, 2011

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Too bad, because the Bible is full of 100% inerrant, 100% infallible victory predictions for the Church,victory for Israel.

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sure it is. that brings us to why i believe women are staying home. as they become more educated they just dont believe this kind of bullshit.

Mav88 · Aug 3, 2011

I wish you'd get a woman so you'd stop posting from your cave.
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Mancaves are kind of cool, but boycaves?? I dunno about that one... x-boxes, red bull cans everywhere, megan fox posters, HD streaming porn. It could be ok except I'd have to put a lock on the door to keep my mum out.

geostrathmore · Aug 4, 2011

This is most definitely not the case.

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Funny how you can easily replace the word "religion" with liberalism, in this article and it makes perfect sense.
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Women Show Deep Drop In Church Attendance

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