Church attendance in the United States has been declining for decades.
In 2000, only 42% of Americans attended religious services nearly every week, and by 2020, that number had fallen to 30%, according to Gallup, the polling and survey organization that has tracked American religious attitudes and practices since the 1960s.
Mainline Christian churches — established denominations including Methodists, Baptists and Lutherans, which once dominated the American religious landscape — have seen some of the sharpest declines…