As more and more turn to the religion of “none,” fewer and fewer believe in God, and greater and greater numbers of youth embrace socialism — the faithless fruit of the Democrat Party — church attendance in America is dropping.
And that’s having a devastating effect on Americans’ health.
Quick fact: Did you know that lonely people, on average, die 15 years earlier than their non-lonely counterparts? It’s because loneliness is a key driver for engagement in unhealthy behaviors — overeating, drinking, taking drugs, and the like — that medical specialists warn will carve off years of life.
Watch out, Millennials.
Take care, GenZers.
J.P. DeGance, president of the nonprofit faith-based Communio, said “the loneliest group in the pews on Sundays are not widows. … Thirty-to-thrity-nine-year-olds who never marry, men or women, are lonelier as a group.”
So to put in context — consider this: “Young adults’ desire to marry has greatly dwindled over the years as factors like fear of commitment, inflation and high divorce rates have taken a toll on younger generations. … 56% of millennials are not married, The Daily Sundial reported in March of 2022, citing Pew Research statistics. Meanwhile, in 2022, an estimated 75% of GenZers were single.
In the trajectory of this study of 19,000-plus Degance and Communio conducted to check for links between church attendance and loneliness, it would seem one takeaway would be: the younger generations will have shorter lives than Boomers and Gen-Xers.
Listen in for more fascinating facts about the collapse of marriage, the rise of loneliness and the tie to church attendance, all based on surveys of 19,000 church-goers.
“To effectively evangelize in the 21st century, we must address the declining number of marriages, poor marital health and improve the effectiveness of fathers in those marriages,” DeGance said.
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