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Daily Archives: December 6, 2013

Gender in the Pews

Attendance, Culture Frame, Focus Groups, Gender, Mainline & Liberal Protestant ChurchesBy Ellen ChildsDecember 6, 2013

A 2013 article in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin Journal Sentinel explores the issue of gender in the pews. It outlines statistics that suggest that the average congregation is 60% female, and it’s even higher for Catholics, where 64% of members are female. There are a number of explanations for this gendered separation in the pews. One…

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