A new poll found that only 28 percent of Gen Z Americans attend church at least once a month. The finding is comparable to millennials, where only 29 percent of respondents said they attend at least once a month.
The latest “Gen Z Post Election Research” poll, conducted by the Walton Family Foundation, Murmuration and SocialSphere, polled 15- to 25-year-olds to look more closely at the habits and preferences of America’s younger generation.
When it comes to faith, 10 percent of Gen Z respondents shared they attend church at least once a month, 13 percent attend services once a week, and 5 percent attend services more than once a week.
However, when asked if religion is a significant part of life, only 39 percent of Gen Z said it was very important compared to 48 percent of millennials. On the other hand, 23 percent of Gen Z respondents said religion is “not very important” in their lives, which is on par with the older generation’s 22 percent.
The study highlights how Gen Z is “the least Christian generation in American history,” with only four percent holding a biblical worldview and more teens identifying as agnostic, atheist or not affiliated with any religion.
“Gen Z is different because they have grown up in a post-Christian, post-modern environment where many of them have not even been exposed to Christianity or to church,” said Brooke Hempell, senior vice president of research at the Barna Group.
