Gallup Poll: Church Membership Dropped Significantly in the Last Twenty Years

Church membership has plummeted in the last two decades by nearly twenty percent. Across the United States; now, only fifty percent of U.S. adults belong to a Church and or a Religious institution. Further, demographically, the drop was recorded highest among Democrats and Hispanics.

Throughout the twentieth century, Church and or Religious membership hovered around seventy percent, with the last recording of such in 1999. Meanwhile, the number of persons with no religious affiliation jumped...