by Joel Looper | Apr 17, 2024 | Analysis, Feature-
The American Bible Society (ABS) issued its “State of the Bible” report last week, and even for those accustomed to reporting about secularization and the shrinking of the American church, it’s a doozy. For the first time, fewer than 100 million Americans fit into...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Apr 14, 2023 | Feature-, News
The number of U.S. adults who are “Bible Users” stabilized in 2023 after an “unprecedented drop” in 2022, according to a report published by the American Bible Society. An estimated 100 million people in the U.S. (39% of all adults) are Bible Users – they read,...
by Zach Dawes Jr | May 2, 2022 | News
The number of U.S. adults who read the Bible saw an “unprecedented drop” in early 2022, according to the State of the Bible 2022 report published by the American Bible Society on April 6. While 77% of U.S. adults have a Bible, the percentage of adults who are “Bible...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Sep 9, 2020 | News
Bible disengagement remained static in 2020, according to the 10th annual State of the Bible report, published jointly on Aug. 13 by the American Bible Society (ABS) and the Barna Group. The report found no increase in Bible engagement resulting from the COVID-19...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Apr 25, 2019 | News
The number of U.S. adults who never read the Bible increased in 2019, while readers expressed a preference for the Christian Testament over the Hebrew Bible, according to two separate reports published during Holy Week (April 15-19). Barna Group, in partnership with...
