PHOENIX: Congregations desperate to reach young adults may also want to keep in mind that holding on to their older members is no sure thing, new research indicates.
Nearly three in 10 older adults made a major change in spiritual homes within just an 11-year period, according to a study that is one of the first to target religious switching among older populations.
The study also found the practice was most common among conservative and mainline Protestants. Catholics and black Protestants are more likely to stay in the same religious group.
“These data strongly indicate that older adulthood is not always a period of religious stability,” said…