How Often Are American Reading Their Bible
By Aaron Earls
Whether it was due to contemplating matters of mortality or only having more gratuitous time at home on their easily, more Americans read the Bible at least occasionally than in recent years.
Co-ordinate to the American Bible Society's 2021 State of the Bible study, the percentage of developed Bible users saw a marked increase this year. The study defines Bible users as individuals who read, listen to, or pray with the Bible at least 3 to four times a year exterior of a church service or event. In 2021, 50% of Americans were Bible users, amounting to 128 million people.
In 2021, fifty% of Americans were Bible users, amounting to 128 million people, co-ordinate to @americanbible. Click To Tweet
U.Southward. Bible users had been on a downwardly trend, both in raw numbers and population percentage. The summertime of 2020 reached the lowest percentage (48%) and tied for the lowest number of people (123 million). The 128 meg Bible users in 2021 marks the second highest number in the 10 year history of the study, behind on 129 1000000 in 2014, and tied for the third highest percentage since the written report began in 2011 and the highest percent since 2017.
Overall, 11% of Americans say they interact with their Bible daily, v% do so 4 to 6 times a week, 9% connect with Scripture several times a calendar week, 9% say once a week, 8% say one time a month, and 8% say three to four times a year. These are considered Bible users in the State of the Bible study. One in 6 (16%) read the Bible most days during the week, up from 12% in 2020.
Some other 8% say they appoint with the Bible one time or twice a year and 13% do then less than one time a year. For effectually 3 in 10 Americans (29%), they say they never interact with Scripture.
The percentage of Americans who say they never appoint with the Bible has fallen the past 3 years and reached a low of 29% in 2021, co-ordinate to @americanbible. Click To Tweet
In June 2020, as COVID-19 began to spread in the U.S., the State of the Bible study noted a drop in the percentage of Americans who never appoint with the Bible. It dropped from 35% in 2019 to 31% in 2020, before falling further in 2021.
When asked directly, 24% of Americans say their Bible reading increased in the past year. Nigh (63%) say it stayed the aforementioned, while 9% say information technology decreased.
In all, 181 1000000 Americans opened their Bible in the past year—up 7.1% from the 169 million adults who did then in 2020.
In all, 181 1000000 Americans opened their Bible in the past year—upwardly 7.1% from the 169 million adults who did then in 2020, according to @americanbible. Click To Tweet
A 2019 Lifeway Inquiry report found churchgoers are more probable than others to read the Bible regularly, but few appoint with information technology daily.
A third of Americans who attend a Protestant church regularly (32%) say they read the Bible personally every day. Around a quarter (27%) say they read it a few times a calendar week.
Fewer say they only read it once a week (12%), a few times a month (xi%) or once a calendar month (5%). Shut to i in 8 (12%) admit they rarely or never read the Bible.
A 2016 Lifeway Research written report found 1 in v Americans said they had read all of the Bible at least once. However, more half said they have read little or none of information technology. Among regular churchgoers, 32% say they have read the entire Bible at least once and only 9% say they've read a few sentences or less.
Unfortunately, while churchgoers and evangelicals are more than likely than others to engage with the Bible regularly, Scripture appointment is still trumped by social media usage.
On whatever given day, evangelical Christians in the U.S. are twice every bit likely to open Facebook every bit their Bible, co-ordinate to @LifewayResearch. Click To Tweet
On whatsoever given solar day, evangelical Christians in the U.S. are twice every bit probable to open Facebook as their Bible, according to Lifeway Research.
Evangelical Christians often recognize this. Lifeway Enquiry found 62% of evangelicals by belief say social media makes public debates less respectful, including 38% who say information technology makes those discussions much less respectful.
Despite this, evangelicals spend more than fourth dimension reading the one-half-considered musings of a loftier school classmate on Facebook than they do in study of what they profess to exist God'south divinely inspired Word.
Yet research indicates Bible reading carries lifelong benefits for adults as well as kids and teenagers. Previous Lifeway Inquiry studies have revealed regularly reading the Bible every bit a kid is the biggest factor in predicting the spiritual health of young adults and students who regularly read their Bible are less likely to drop out of church.
Americans are opening their Bibles more recently, but Christians must go even more than engaged with Scripture to reap the benefits for themselves and their families.
Aaron Earls
@WardrobeDoor
Aaron is online editor for LifewayResearch.com
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Source: https://research.lifeway.com/2021/10/21/more-americans-read-the-bible-during-the-pandemic/
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