How many Latter-day Saints are in the pews each Sunday?

I wanted to draw your attention to this stat from religion demographer Ryan Burge, which has The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as the third most attended church in the US on an average Sunday.

On an average Sunday, there are nearly 20 million Catholics in the pews across the United States.

There are 6.7M Southern Baptists.

3rd largest group is Latter-day Saints 4.4M fill the pews each weekend.

That's more the United Methodists and the Assemblies of God combined. pic.twitter.com/IwCbD6mozt

— Ryan Burge 📊 (@ryanburge) May 19, 2022

The 4.4 million in attendance is also a positive sign for activity rates in the US Church.

About the author

C.D. Cunningham

C.D. Cunningham is the managing editor of Public Square magazine. After graduating from BYU-Idaho, he studied religion at Harvard University Extension. He serves on the board of the Latter-day Saint Publishing and Media Association.

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