Young African-American adults are more likely than their white counterparts to drop out of Protestant churches during their early adult years, new research shows.
A new analysis of survey data released last week by LifeWay Research of Nashville, Tenn., found that nearly three-quarters of black young adults said they stopped attending church regularly for at least a year between ages 18 and 22. By comparison, 65 percent of white young adults said they halted regular attendance during that period.
But 44 percent of white and black young adults who attended church regularly for more than a year in high school said they currently attended church at least twice a month.