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What churchgoers give

Average share of income given by Protestant churchgoers, 2025 (in percent)

Key finding

Churchgoers say they give more to their church than to all other nonprofits combined.

Source: Lifeway Research, Discipleship Deficits Among U.S. Churchgoers · n=2,130 Protestant churchgoers, Mar 19-26, 2025, MoE ±2.21. Published Jan 27, 2026.

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What does this statistic show?

Churchgoers say they give more to their church than to all other nonprofits combined. To their church: 9%. To other nonprofits: 4%.

Who published this data?

Lifeway Research, 2025. Source: Lifeway Research, Discipleship Deficits Among U.S. Churchgoers (https://news.lifeway.com/2026/01/27/lifeway-research-finds-discipleship-deficits-among-u-s-churchgoers/).

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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.