{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Church Answers","provider_url":"https:\/\/churchanswers.com","title":"What the Unchurched Really Think About Church (New Research Says\u2026) | Church Answers","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"3MKmvOlnTs\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchanswers.com\/blog\/what-the-unchurched-really-think-about-church-new-research-says\/\">What the Unchurched Really Think About Church (New Research Says\u2026)<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/churchanswers.com\/blog\/what-the-unchurched-really-think-about-church-new-research-says\/embed\/#?secret=3MKmvOlnTs\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;What the Unchurched Really Think About Church (New Research Says\u2026)&#8221; &#8212; Church Answers\" data-secret=\"3MKmvOlnTs\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/churchanswers.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/churchanswers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Happy-family-sitting-together.png","thumbnail_width":1200,"thumbnail_height":628,"description":"I love the process of discovery through research. The journey begins with a question and swerves through multiple twists and turns before finally arriving at an answer. Our team at Church Answers recently conducted a research project that took several months to complete. We wanted to know if unchurched people felt differently about the church than those who are regular attendees. A survey of current research did not yield the results we desired, so we embarked on a study of our own. We found new, surprising insights from the unchurched. Most of the unchurched are not unfamiliar with churches. One of the first surprises from our study was that unchurched does not mean unfamiliar. Over 60% of the unchurched individuals surveyed said they attended church regularly as children. These aren\u2019t strangers to Sunday mornings; they\u2019re former attendees. This reality reminds us that evangelism today is often more about reconnecting than introducing something entirely new. The unchurched are not blank slates. Their views of the church are shaped by experience\u2014some of it good, some of it painful, and much of it faded with time. America is not (yet) a godless nation, but we are clearly becoming a less churched one. However, the presence of childhood exposure to church among the unchurched gives us hope: memories, relationships, and former rhythms can be reawakened. Evangelism begins not just at the edge of belief, but at the edges of remembrance."}