Religious groups with immigrant members grew fastest over past decade
Immigrants gather with their belongings outside St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Sept. 14, 2022, in Edgartown, Massachusetts, on Martha’s Vineyard. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Sept. 14 flew two planes of immigrants to Martha’s Vineyard, escalating a tactic by Republican governors to draw attention to what they consider to be the Biden administration’s failed border policies. (Ray Ewing/Vineyard Gazette via AP)
(RNS) — A decennial study of US religious life shows that the number of participants in congregational services has not kept up with the overall population growth. But religious groups drawing large numbers of immigrants have seen steady growth.
