Get the feedReligious attendance correlates with service
Wednesday, Mar 11th 2009
Couldn't let Easter pass without a church-related post. Of course, there are many good reasons to go to church, but this study indicates a strong correlation between church attendance and volunteerism.
Adults who frequently attended religious services as adolescents are more likely to have volunteered in a charitable activity in the past year.
According to the General Social Survey (GSS), 44 percent of adults who attended religious services at least monthly as adolescents had volunteered in a charitable activity in the last year, compared to 33 percent of adults who attended worship less than monthly as adolescents.
See the chart here, and Happy Easter to those who celebrate!
I'm trying to psych myself up for a sunrise service... We'll see.
Nancy French
Nancy French is an author, commentator, and mother. Her next book, about the year her husband spent in Iraq is due out July 4, 2011. Connect with her on Facebook at www.facebook.com/NancyAndersonFrench and follow her on Twitter at https://twitter.com/nancyafrench.
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