{"id":8562,"date":"2026-08-09T11:48:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T18:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/why-millions-are-leaving-christianity-in-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T11:48:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T18:48:12","slug":"why-millions-are-leaving-christianity-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/why-millions-are-leaving-christianity-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Millions Are Leaving Christianity in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q2lNVG6GoEo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>New 2026 data from Pew Research, the Survey Center on American Life, and religion analyst Ryan Burge reveals a more complex picture of religious disaffiliation than most headlines suggest \u2014 including a surprising reversal in who&#8217;s actually leaving.<\/p>\n<p>In this video, we break down:<br \/>\n&#8211; Pew&#8217;s finding that Christian decline may finally be leveling off<br \/>\n&#8211; The stark generational gap: why Gen Z is far less religious than older Americans<br \/>\n&#8211; The surprising gender flip \u2014 women now leave religion more than men, reversing decades of the opposite trend<br \/>\n&#8211; Why the LDS\/Mormon Church just reported its first-ever US membership decline<br \/>\n&#8211; The real reasons people cite for leaving: doctrinal disbelief, &quot;church hurt,&quot; and unmet spiritual needs<br \/>\n&#8211; Why about half of young adults who leave eventually return<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re sticking to credible, sourced data \u2014 not sensationalized claims \u2014 to give you the real picture of religious change in America today.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd14 Subscribe for more data-driven breakdowns of social and cultural trends.<\/p>\n<p>#Christianity #ReligionInAmerica #GenZ #PewResearch #ChurchDecline #Faith<\/p>\n<p>Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https:\/\/streamyard.com\/pal\/d\/5759717953503232<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New 2026 data from Pew Research, the Survey Center on American Life, and religion analyst Ryan Burge reveals<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8563,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lisa-cabrera"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/hqdefault-105.jpg?fit=480%2C360&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}