October 2025 Release
At a glance
Married Dads Show Up; Moms Step Back
Married dads lead church attendance among parents, while only 24% of single moms attend weekly—a significant gap.
Why It Matters
These shifts reveal new patterns of participation and disengagement among key groups that may reshape the fabric of church life in the years to come.
The Leadership Challenge
With young men engaging and women drifting, how will churches adapt? Leaders must identify the internal factors driving these conflicting trends.
Men are significantly outpacing women in church attendance since the pandemic, reversing a long-standing trend in Barna’s decades of tracking. The 2025 gender gap is the largest recorded so far (43% for men vs. 36% among women).
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