A national survey of 1,000 regularly attending churchgoers finds core Christian beliefs and traditional views continue to erode, revealing what researchers call a widening chasm between evangelical Christian identity and biblical conviction.
The full report, Social Issues and Worldview: A National Survey of Churchgoing Americans, was released Thursday. The study, commissioned by the Family Research Council (FRC) and conducted by the Cultural Research Center (CRC) at Arizona Christian University, tracks worldview, political identity, and moral beliefs among adults who attend Christian worship services at least once a month.
The study found 34 percent of churchgoing adults now identify as conservative on social and fiscal issues, while 29 percent call themselves moderate and 19 percent liberal or progressive. The greatest change was found among those identifying as “moderate,” up 10 percent in two years, with only “modest” increases for those calling themselves “conservative” or “liberal/progressive,” researchers said….