OF COURSE It is said that as people get older (ie, high school/college years), they drift away from the church, and then when they have children they go back to church with their kids. Children are very welcome at church. Sometimes there is a children's liturgy that runs along side church. This helps the children to understand the messages from the gospel better, in a more child friendly way.
Not all of the people in it. But church attendance is falling.
The Saddleback Church is an evangelical church in Lake Forest California. Weekly church attendance is at 20,000 church goers, making this the seventh largest church in the US.
I guess it depends on what church you attend. But around here where i live, people are very judgemental of who you are and where you come from. Yes, even religious people are judging you.
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Jefferson believed that propagating a church by requiring attendance or monetary support was a from of coercion.
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In the 1950s, church attendance in the United States was notably high, with estimates suggesting that around 60-70% of Americans attended church services regularly. This era was characterized by a strong emphasis on religious values, partly influenced by post-war societal norms and the rise of suburban communities. Attendance figures varied by denomination, with Protestant churches seeing significant participation. Overall, the 1950s represented a peak in regular church attendance in the U.S.
There is no answer to the question as asked, as the Catholic Church has never, to the best of my knowledge, in two thousand years, ever, fined anybody for non-attendance. I think you have the Catholic Church confused with the Puritans!
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Are you looking for the attendance of normal people or wierd people?
Many of the people who ring the church bells attend the church where the bells are at. One church in York county has the children ring the bells. The children like doing it.
Paul M. Bard has written: 'Opinions concerning church attendance of an adult sample of persons living in Davenport, Washington' -- subject(s): Church attendance