By PNW Staff
September 22, 2026
The male numbers are encouraging.
The female numbers should concern the Church.
Gallup found that while 42 percent of young men now describe religion as very important, only 29 percent of women ages 18 to 29 say the same. Young women are now the least religious group of women Gallup measures by age.
Barna likewise reports that Gen Z women are increasingly churchless, religiously unaffiliated and disengaged.
So perhaps the question facing churches has changed.
For years it was: How do we reach the boys?
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