From the latest MARRI publication, “The
Benefits of Religious Attendance: Positive Outcomes Associated with Weekly
Worship”:
U.S. federal surveys repeatedly show the benefits of weekly
religious worship of God (one of the five main institutions or tasks of
society). Worship’s rewards flow over to all the other major institutions of
the nation: to the family, to education, to the marketplace and income, and to
government...Furthermore, the more frequently people worship, the more they
profit. If the social sciences say anything clearly about God, it is that the
more people take heed of Him, the more He takes care of them.
The publication contains data on all
sorts of social and personal outcomes, such as educational attainment, family
strength, sexual chastity, and more. Across all categories, it is clear that
weekly worship contributes to the strongest outcomes.
This publication is comprised of
graphics that originally appeared in the MARRI Mapping
America series, which are derived from data from the largest
national and federal surveys on family issues, such as the General Social
Survey, the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, the National
Longitudinal Survey of Youth, the National Survey of Children’s Health, and the
National Survey of Family Growth.
We hope that the findings shown here
encourage our readers, in this holiday season, to worship weekly and to reap
the advantages that consistent religious practice offers to families,
individuals, their communities, and the nation.
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