Churchgoers who say their church is better prepared to protect children from abuse
Percent of Protestant churchgoers who believe their church is more prepared than 10 years ago, 2020 (in percent)
Key finding
- Churchgoers who say their church is better prepared to protect children from abuse: 69%. Share of Protestant churchgoers who believe their church is more prepared to protect children from sexual abuse than 10 years ago
Source: Lifeway Research, Background Checks Remain Essential Part of Reopening Kids Ministries · Article published 2020-07-14.
Get the chart, CSV, PNG and citation
Free account: full chart, CSV and PNG downloads, ready-to-paste citation, branded share image, and a discussion question for your team.
Questions about this statistic
What does this statistic show?
Churchgoers who say their church is better prepared to protect children from abuse: 69%. Share of Protestant churchgoers who believe their church is more prepared to protect children from sexual abuse than 10 years ago.
Who published this data?
Lifeway Research, 2020. Source: Lifeway Research, Background Checks Remain Essential Part of Reopening Kids Ministries (https://research.lifeway.com/2020/07/14/background-checks-essential-part-of-reopening-kids-ministries/).
Where can I get the full data and a citation?
Create a free Leader Insights account to open the full chart, download CSV or PNG, copy a citation and save the statistic to your own library.
More Church Health statistics
- Areas where rural congregations have people who lead or help significantly Lifeway Research, 2026
- Churchgoers' satisfaction with their church's amount of liturgical style Lifeway Research, 2026
- Disability-related modifications churches made in the past year Lifeway Research, 2026
- Baptisms reported by Southern Baptist congregations Lifeway Research, 2021
- Change in weekly worship attendance over the last five years Lifeway Research, 2021
- Churches that are predominantly one racial or ethnic group Lifeway Research, 2021
About this data
Leader Insights collects statistics about U.S. churches from published research by organizations such as Lifeway Research, Barna Group, Springtide, the American Bible Society and PRRI. Every number is checked against the wording of the original source before it is published, and each statistic links back to the study it came from. Figures are reproduced from the publishers named above; see the source for full methodology.