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State of the Bible

Nearly half of Americans say they have read at least half the Bible, poll finds

By Filings on Mon, 04/13/26
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“The American Bible Society has released the first installment of the ‘State of the Bible USA 2026.’ The chapter, titled ‘The Bible in America Today,’ outlines the frequency and depth of Bible reading among Americans based on responses collected from 2,649 U.S.” - CPost

2025 State of Theology Report Shows Evangelicalism Suffers ‘Tragic Instability’

By Filings on Mon, 09/29/25
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“Chris Larson, Ligonier president and CEO, called the 2025 results ‘sobering,’ saying they point to ‘not merely a knowledge gap but a discipleship gap” among professing Christians.’” - C.Leaders

ABS State of the Bible: US has highest belief in personal relevance of Scripture among 'Secular West' countries

By Filings on Wed, 05/14/25
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“Those who ‘never’ use the Bible comprise the highest share of respondents in the Netherlands (64%), followed by France (63%), Australia (59%), the U.K. (56%), Canada (55%) and New Zealand (54%). Just 46% of respondents in Italy said they “never” use the Bible compared to 33% in the U.S.” - CPost

Loneliness stemmed by Bible study, forgiveness, church attendance, ABS study says

By Filings on Mon, 11/18/24
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“Among churchgoers, only 12 percent of those who attend church weekly report high levels of loneliness, compared to 25 percent of those who never attend.” - Baptist Press

‘Nones’ flatline third year running, reachable by church, State of the Bible says

By Filings on Wed, 10/23/24
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“the diverse group of 70 million Americans designated as ‘Nones,’ 10 percent of whom say they’ve made a personal commitment to Jesus, are reachable by the Church, said John Plake, ABS chief innovation officer and State of the Bible editor in chief.” - Baptist Press

State of the Bible survey: Practicing Christians have highest levels of human flourishing

By Filings on Wed, 10/16/24
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“The research broke non-practicing Christians into three subcategories and found that ‘practicing Christians’ who attend church services at least once a month identify as Christian and describe their faith as ‘strongly important to them’ score higher than all three groups of ‘nones.’” - CPost

Ability to forgive strongly correlated with human flourishing: study

By Filings on Mon, 06/17/24
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“The latest installment of the State of the Bible report focuses on the Secure Flourishing Index, which measures individuals’ life satisfaction when it comes to happiness and life satisfaction, mental and physical health, meaning and purpose, character and virtue and close social relationships.” - CPost

American Bible Society poll: Increasing share of young adults say the Bible has transformed their lives

By Filings on Mon, 04/15/24
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ABS “released the first installment of its State of the Bible USA2024 report Thursday. The first chapter … examines the incidence of Bible usage and Bible reading in the United States in addition to sampling respondents’ views on the effects of the Bible on their lives.” - CPost

Year’s top findings from State of the Bible 2023

By Filings on Fri, 12/15/23
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“Online church attendees read the Bible more than onsite worshipers. Nonbelievers outpace Christians in valuing several pro-social Bible-based behaviors. And Black Americans are more spiritually vibrant than whites and Hispanics.” - BPNews

State of the Bible research examines Bible reading in relation to technologies

By Filings on Wed, 10/18/23
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State of the Bible: Online worshipers lead in Bible reading frequency - BPNews

What Church Leaders Need to Know About How Gen Z Approaches the Bible - CLeaders

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