Preferred type of church gathering after the pandemic
Percent of U.S. adults who have ever attended a church service, 2021 (in percent)
Key finding
Highest: Primarily physical (44%). Lowest: Primarily digital (12%).
- Primarily physical: 44%
- Both physical and digital: 32%
- Primarily digital: 12%
Source: Barna Group, ChurchPulse Weekly Conversations: Skye Jethani & Kimberly Deckel on Rethinking Worship Spaces · Representative sample of 2,007 interviews with U.S. adults, ages 18 or older. Article published 2023-08-16.
See all 4 categories, the full chart and more
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?
Highest: Primarily physical (44%). Lowest: Primarily digital (12%). Primarily physical: 44%. Both physical and digital: 32%. Primarily digital: 12%.
Who published this data?
Barna Group, 2021. Source: Barna Group, ChurchPulse Weekly Conversations: Skye Jethani & Kimberly Deckel on Rethinking Worship Spaces (https://www.barna.com/research/cpw-jethani-deckel/).
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 Digital & AI statistics
- Americans who agree AI can assist them in understanding the Bible American Bible Society, 2026
- Christians who feel hopeful about AI's potential for good Barna Group, 2026
- Christians who see value in their church offering a digital resource hub Barna Group, 2026
- Christians unlikely to attend if their church were solely online Barna Group, 2022
- Churches still posting video worship services online Lifeway Research, 2022
- Evangelicals whose media diet is mostly mainstream Lifeway Research, 2022
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.