{"id":385,"date":"2012-09-27T07:57:14","date_gmt":"2012-09-27T12:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/samuelrainey.com\/blog\/?p=385"},"modified":"2012-09-27T07:57:14","modified_gmt":"2012-09-27T12:57:14","slug":"divorce-rate-among-churched-couples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samuelrainey.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/divorce-rate-among-churched-couples\/","title":{"rendered":"Divorce Rate Among Churched Couples"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I ran across this brief article about the misconceptions of an oft quoted statistic regarding the divorce rate of churched couples. Below is an excerpt:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What appears intuitive is true. Couples who regularly practice any combination of serious religious behaviors and attitudes&#8212;attend church nearly every week, read their bibles and spiritual materials regularly; pray privately and together; generally take their faith seriously, living not as\u00a0<em>perfect\u00a0<\/em>disciples, but\u00a0<em>serious<\/em>\u00a0disciples&#8212;enjoy significantly lower divorce rates than mere church members, the general public, and unbelievers.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Bradley Wright, a sociologist at the University of Connecticut, explains from his analysis of people who identify as Christians but rarely attend church, that 60 percent of these have been divorced. Of those who attend church regularly, 38 percent have been divorced.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thegospelcoalition.org\/mobile\/article\/tgc\/factchecker-divorce-rate-among-christians\">Read more here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I ran across this brief article about the misconceptions of an oft quoted statistic regarding the divorce rate of churched couples. Below is an excerpt: &nbsp; &#8220;What appears intuitive is true. 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