A new poll finds the percentage of Christians in the US remains high….but there are troubling signs ahead.
According to a new Gallup poll, about 75 percent of Americans still identify as Christians, that’s a 5-percent drop since 2008.
The survey also found that the number of those having no formal religious identification has increased to 20 percent. And About 5 percent of Americans identify with a non-Christian religion, which has been essentially constant over time.
A review of more than 174,000 interviews conducted by Gallup this year shows that three-quarters of American adults identify as Christians, little changed from 2014, but down from 80 percent eight years ago.
The researchers write, “Despite these changes, America remains a predominantly Christian nation, and with 94% of those who identify with a religion saying they are Christian,”
The poll notes that the percentage of Christians is highest among older Americans and decreases with each progressively younger age group.
The pollsters find, “Traditionally, Americans have become more likely to identify with a religion as they age through their 30s and 40s and get married and have children. If this pattern does not occur in the same way it has in the past, the percentage of Christians nationwide will likely continue to shrink.”
The Christian category in the poll includes Catholics, Protestants, Mormons and non-denominational Christians.