Religious Practice Varies By Race: A New Barna ...

Religious Practice Varies By Race: A new Barna survey examined 8 elements of religious behavior (reading the Bible, praying to God, giving money to churches and watching Christian television) and discovered that blacks are the most religiously active racial group. Blacks were also notably less likely than others to be unchurched. Asians are least likely to be active in Christian-oriented behaviors and generated the lowest scores for all 8 religious activities measured. Asians were the least involved in attending church, reading the Bible, praying to God, attending Sunday school, participating in a small group for religious purposes, watching Christian television and gave the least average amount of money to churches. They were also the group most likely to be unchurched. Hispanics are the most likely to share their faith in Christ with non-believers. Although Hispanics were below average on most of the religious behaviors examined, they were especially low in regard to the amount of money they donate to churches. White adults stood out as being neither the highest nor lowest on any of the measured behaviors. (Barna Update 8/10/04)

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