Black Protestant denominations figure most highly in virtual attendance figures
One of the largest subsections of the virtually religious are members of Black Protestant communities, according to Pew. Research shows that…
Americans who belong to historically Black Protestant denominations are more frequent watchers of religious services than the other U.S. religious groups with sample sizes large enough to analyze. For example, about six-in-ten adults in historically Black Protestant denominations (58%) say they generally watch religious services on screens at least monthly or watched them in the month prior to the survey. This compares with 47% of evangelicals, 28% of mainline Protestants, 24% of Catholics and 19% of Jews.
Pew’s survey results also reveal that part of the reason for this is concern over the impacts of covid-19, which is known to have hit Black communities especially hard. Additional Pew research shows that Black communities show more concern over covid-19 than other groups.
