Mainline Protestants may be theologically liberal, that's certainly debatable. But it's empirically false to call them politically liberal. Of the Seven Sisters, only two of them clearly favored Harris in 2024 (UCC and TEC). 61% of United Methodists voted for Trump.

The most politically engaged religious groups in 2024: The Episcopal Church The United Church of Christ Jews Atheists Respondents were asked which of these political acts they had participated in over the prior 12 months: Attend local political meeting, Put up a political sign, Work for a candidate, Attend a protest or march, Contact a public official, Donate money to candidate

10% of churches have 250+ plus worshippers. 70% of all church goers attend those churches. 44% of all churches have 1-50 attendees. Only 6% of worshippers go to those churches.

Among Catholic priests who were ordained in the late 1960s: 68% describe their theology as progressive. 16% said it was conservative. Among priests ordained in the last few years: 2% describe their theology as progressive. 84% said it was conservative.

In 1972, 32% of Protestants were Baptists. It's 29% now. Methodists have dropped from 22% to 8%. Non-Denoms have risen from 3% to 30%.

Empirically speaking: The movement from Catholic --> Protestant is way larger than the opposite direction. In the 1970s: 8% of Catholics became Protestants 3% of Protestants became Catholic. In the 2020s: 12% of Catholics -> Protestants 3% of Protestants -> Catholic

"Would you say you have been "born again" or have had a "born again" experience -- that is, a turning point in your life when you committed yourself to Christ?" In 1988, 37% of Americans indicated that they had a born-again experience at one point. In 2024, it was 38%.

The share of religious Americans who agree with Christian Nationalism statements declined between 2007 and 2021. The fed govt should advocate for Christian values: 2007 - 62% 2021 - 44% The fed govt should enforce strict separation of church and state: 2007 - 46% 2021 - 58%

Catholics don't outnumber Protestants among Gen Z. According to the GSS: 27% are Protestant 22% are Catholic 43% are non-religious.

In 1972, just 20% of all Christians in the United States were evangelicals. Now, it's 35%. During that same time period, the share of Christians who were mainline Protestants dropped in half. From 33% to 17%. Today there are 2 evangelicals for every 1 mainline Protestant

Here's a map of a whole bunch of megachurches throughout the United States. In a new paid post today, I do some initial analysis of denominational breakdown, state by state analysis and explore the relationship between population size and number of megachurches.