'Big Shift': Men Now Surpass Women in Church Attendance, Especially among Gen X, Millennials, Says Barna

Leonardo Blair : Oct 9, 2025
Christian Post

[ChristianPost.com] In a shift that has become much more noticeable in five of the last six years, men, especially among millennials and Generation X, have been outpacing women in church attendance... Data collected as part of Barna's ongoing State of the Church initiative with Gloo show that following the COVID-19 lockdowns, men have been outpacing women in church attendance by significant margins. This year, Barna researchers found that 43% of men reported attending church weekly, compared with 36% of women. "Across every generation, women are trailing men in weekly church attendance, especially among Gen X and millennials," Barna researchers wrote... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here Click Here to read. (Image: Unsplash-Thiago Barletta)