82% make a habit of praying, poll finds

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<h3>82% make a habit of praying, poll finds</h3>

 

08/04/01

 

The vast majority of Americans -- 82 percent -- report that they pray regularly, while 24 percent say they shared their faith with a nonbeliever in the last year, a Barna Research Group study shows.

 

The Ventura, Calif., marketing research company found that Bible reading was most likely among attenders of Pentecostal churches -- 75 percent -- and least likely among worshippers at Catholic churches -- 23 percent.

 

Surveyors found that Mormons were most likely to have attended church in the previous week -- 71 percent -- and Episcopalians were the least likely -- 30 percent.

 

Adherents in three of the 10 Protestant groups examined were found to be more likely than not to have shared their faith in the

previous year: Pentecostal churches (61 percent), Assemblies of God congregations (61 percent) and nondenominational Protestant churches (57 percent). Forty-three percent of Baptist respondents said they had shared their faith in the past year.

 

The survey results are based on a random sample of 6,038 adults interviewed between January 2000 and June 2001. The margin of error is plus or minus 2 percentage points.

 

 

 

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The heart of the wise inclines to the right,

but the heart of the fool to the left.

[Ecclesiastes 10:2]