Least Churched Cities in America
Question: “how would I find a listing of the least churched cities in America?”
Answer: In casual conversations, I’ve heard the following cities mentioned as being among the least churched cities, aka most unchurched cities, in the United States: Seattle, Miami, San Francisco, New York City, Salt Lake City, Portland[2], Philadelphia, even Reno. Curiously, a comprehensive list wasn’t easy to find using a search phrase like “least churched cities”; a few more results did show using a search on “most unchurched cities”. Here’s what relevant data I could find about the least churched cities and the unchurched:
- The American Church Research Project has a book, DVD, and a bunch of presentations for purchase, including ones for each of the largest 90 metropolitan areas. 10 presentations available for free.
- This list of Church Planting Hotspots (via PCA – Presbyterian Churches in America) and The North American Mission Board (Southern Baptists) have a list of strategic focus cities. AVC (Vineyard) had this 1997 list of hot spots [Word .DOC format].
- Charting the unchurched in America (USA Today, 2002) cites the ARIS – American Religious Identification Survey, which lists the most non-religious states as Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, and Wyoming, surpassing Oregon and Washington. This list is by percentage rather than population count.
- America’s Most Sinful Cities (Forbes Magazine, 2008)
- The U.S. Religious Landscape Survey from Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life has some great visuals, maps, and charts.
- Free resources for Contextualization / Demographics from newchurches.com
- “Only 1 percent of the population in the Northeast is Baptist… population centers include New York City, Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore, Pittsburgh and Washington. ‘Those cities and the countryside that surrounds them make up “the most unchurched 25 percent of the American population…’ (The most unchurched 25 percent, 2001)
- This student church planters research project in 2006 looked promising, as they set out to produce lists of the most unchurched places.
- Annotated North American Church Planting Bibliography (Updated April 2009, by Ed Stetzer)
The 1000s of church leaders gathering at the Exponential Conference – National New Church Conference (Orlando, April 2010) probably have the answer, the lists, and more data than you can imagine. Until then, we’ll keep on the search.
Can you help? Add a comment and make the the definitive list of the top unchurched cities more available to the masses!
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@chubbsmcfat Here's my attempt at finding a list of least churched US cities http://www.djchuang.com/2009/least-churched-cities-in-america/
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Hey @djchuang, thanks for the link.
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Least Churched Cities in America (via @FastChurch). Check out link to @R3NEW.
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@edstetzer can u help a brother out? looking for list of top unchurched cities in USA http://ow.ly/165aAH
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Also can use http://www.perceptgroup.com/ for more demographics … I’ve used them for unchurched and studies …to help data
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I noticed Salt Lake City made the list. Did this take into account the Mormon church? Meaning…if was the Mormon church included or removed? If included, I’d venture to say Salt Lake City is the most unchurched city in the country if you exclude the Mormon Church.
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