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...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jul 12, 2018 | News
A majority of U.S. adults (52 percent) read the Bible on their own outside of church less than three to four times each year. Of the remaining adults, 14 percent reported daily Bible reading, 13 percent read it a couple of times each week, 8 percent once a week, 6...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Apr 7, 2017 | News
Boomers and Gen-Xers are the ones keeping the Bible’s place in U.S. life alive. This was a key finding in the American Bible Society’s 2017 State of the Bible report based on Barna Group survey data. Thirty-nine percent of Boomers (aged 52 to 70) and 34...
