NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Generally, adults who change churches for reasons other than moving are more likely fleeing their previous church rather than being drawn to another, according to a study listing the top 10 reasons for switching churches.
Fifty-eight percent of respondents to a study by the LifeWay Research arm of LifeWay Christian Resources said the greatest impact on their decision to switch churches was "my need/desire to leave my previous church." The other 42 percent left because of a desire to join their current church, the study reported.
The study builds on LifeWay Research's 2006 study of the formerly churched, which explored the reasons adults stop going to church. The current findings explain why people change churches and how these situations differ from those in which the individual does not resume church attendance at all....