Churchgoers who prefer sermons no longer than 40 minutes
Percent of Protestant churchgoers, 2020 (in percent)
Key finding
- Churchgoers who prefer sermons no longer than 40 minutes: 70%. Percent of Protestant churchgoers who prefer a sermon no longer than 40 minutes
Source: Lifeway Research, Why I Stopped Preaching Long Sermons · Recent Lifeway Research study on sermon length. Article published 2020-05-19.
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Churchgoers who prefer sermons no longer than 40 minutes: 70%. Percent of Protestant churchgoers who prefer a sermon no longer than 40 minutes.
Who published this data?
Lifeway Research, 2020. Source: Lifeway Research, Why I Stopped Preaching Long Sermons (https://research.lifeway.com/2020/05/19/why-i-stopped-preaching-long-sermons/).
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