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Most Churchgoers Won’t Skip for Football

Uncategorized | Jan 6, 2015

Most American churchgoers love church more than football. But a few diehard fans are willing to miss out on worship to watch a game.

church skip footballAbout 1 in 7 churchgoers (15 percent) say they’d skip church in order to watch their favorite football team, according to a survey of 994 churchgoers from Nashville-based Lifeway Research.

Researchers found most of the faithful balk at skipping church for football.

More than 8 in 10 (83 percent) disagree with the statement: “I would skip a weekly worship service in order to watch my favorite football team.”

Many worshipers had particularly strong feelings—nearly 7 in 10 (68 percent) strongly disagree.

“Most churchgoers put divine revelation ahead of division rivalries,” says Scott McConnell, vice-president of Lifeway Research.

More from the study:

  • Men are more than twice as likely to skip (22 percent) than women (10 percent)
  • Those age 18-24 (22%) and 25-34 (24%) are more likely to skip than those age 45-54 (14%), 55-64 (12%), and 65+ (11%)
  • Catholics are more willing (20 percent) than evangelicals (12 percent)
  • Fans in the West (22 percent) are more willing to skip than those in South (13 percent) or Northeast (13 percent)

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Read the entire story from Facts & Trends senior writer Bob Smietana at Lifeway Research.

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