[wmfights]

"Denominationally, the largest share of unchurched adults is made up of lapsed Catholics: almost three out of every ten unchurched people (29%) associate with Catholicism. One out of every five (18%) say they are Baptist."
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As a Baptist "Born Again" believer I understand some of this. Our services are typically 1 1/2 hrs or more and the church is aggressive about being "involved". The other stat that stuck out for me was 43% of the unchurched were single adults. It's tough to get up and go to church Sunday morning when your young and single and out late Saturday night. However, what I see are the young marrieds coming especially those with children.

BTW, 25% of our congregation is now former Roman Catholic's who when they started coming to church wanted "meat" not fluff.

[dukeman]

We have a number of folks at our PCA church who grew up and spent many adult years in the Catholic Church. And get this: our senior pastor is Jewish, but accepted Jesus as the messiah while in college. The path between being of the world and becoming a believer can be extremely diverse.

[Overtaxed]

It's tough to get up and go to church Sunday morning when your young and single and out late Saturday night.

Or it might just be tough to get up and go to a church that is going to ignore you because you're not married with children.

Oh, but your checkbook is always welcome.