Are Latter-day Saints Beating Secular Headwinds?
Analysis of the Cooperative Election Study, Pew Religious Landscape Study, and the General Social Survey
Every few months, a new claim circulates about the state of the LDS Church in America. The institution points to record missionary numbers and a committed, practicing membership. Critics point to empty pews and a generation walking away. Both sides cite data. Both sound confident. And from the outside, it’s genuinely hard to …
