Religion Switch 72% Of Americans Have Maintained ...

Religion Switch 72% of Americans have maintained the same religious preference throughout their life. 15% have changed from one religious preference to another. 10% moved away from religion altogether. American’s have a relatively stable religious identity. Yet, the most common reasons for changing a religious preference are (1) Disagreement with teachings of original religion, (2) Found a new one more fulfilling, (3) Grew dissatisfied with local church, (4) Leaders struggled with each other to control the direction of the religion, (5) Married someone from another religion, (6) Moved and couldn’t find a church of preferred religion they liked. (Gallup Alert 6/23/06)