"I wish to clarify information about NCLS survey results related to Bible reading. There has been NO CHANGE in the overall levels of frequent Bible reading (ie more than weekly) in the past 15 years.
Around a third (35%) of church attenders read the Bible daily or at least a few times each week. This frequency of Bible reading varies greatly between denominations, from a high of 72% among Pentecostal attenders to just 12% of Catholic attenders. These denominational variations reflect traditional differences between Catholic and Protestant approaches to the place of personal Bible reading in the life of the believer.
While the proportion of attenders who read the Bible at least a few times per week has not changed much in the past 15 years, the proportion of Protestant attenders who read the Bible every day has decreased since 1991. These decreases have mostly occurred among Baptist and Pentecostal attenders."
Dr Ruth Powell, NCLS Research
http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=8944
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
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