116th Congress Contains Lowest Number of Christians in U.S. History
BY: Nic Rowan Follow @NicXTempore
January 3, 2019 3:20 pm
The 116th Congress is comprised of the lowest number of Christian lawmakers since Pew Research Center began collecting data in 1961 and is a slightly more religiously diverse body than the previous Congress.
Christians now represent 88 percent of the current Congress, according to Pew Research, a 3 percent drop from the 91 percent of the 115th Congress who identified as Christian. Anglicans/Episcopalians saw the greatest losses, dropping from 44 to 35 members. Catholics lost five seats. Mormons lost three. Christian Scientists lost one seat, meaning there are no longer any Christian Scientists in Congress.
At the same time, there are now more nondenominational or Christians of unspecified affiliation in Congress. On the whole, Congress members identifying with evangelical or unspecified nondenominational churches gained 18 seats, bringing their representation up to 80 seats.
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