‘Christian America’ dwindling, including white evangelicals, study shows

The deteriorating Chapel of Gensterbloom in 2014. Photo courtesy of Creative Commons/Tom Blackwell
The deteriorating Chapel of Gensterbloom in 2014. Photo courtesy of Creative Commons/Tom Blackwell

(RNS) — The future of religion in America is young, non-Christian and technicolor.

Almost every Christian denomination in the U.S. shows signs of growing diversity as white Christians, once the majority in most mainline Protestant and Catholic denominations, give way to younger members, who tend to be of different races, according to a study released Wednesday (Sept. 6) by the Public Religion Research Institute.   Continue reading