According to the Barna survey, Millenials and Generation Z are the most common churchgoers. The data indicates the younger generation, attuned to social justice, also is longing for connection and are more willing to engage with the church community during weekdays.

It’s become a familiar scene over the past few decades, particularly after the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown: Black churches that, on Sundays, often have more empty pews than people worshipping in them. And the congregants singing from the hymnals are more likely gray-haired seniors than fresh-faced youngsters.

But a new report on the habits of churchgoers smashes that stereotype. It finds that Millennials and Gen Z’ers — the hyper-connected, socially conscious young people born between 1997 and 2012, who live on TikTok and Inst

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