{"id":305986,"date":"2026-05-27T13:52:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T17:52:21","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-06-10T10:55:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T14:55:31","slug":"what-political-issues-do-americans-hear-about-in-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2026\/05\/27\/what-political-issues-do-americans-hear-about-in-church\/","title":{"rendered":"What Political Issues Do Americans Hear About in Church?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
About this research<\/summary>\n

This Pew Research Center report examines what Americans say they hear from their clergy about current social and political issues. It is based on adults who say they attend religious services at least once or twice a month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why did we do this?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pew Research Center conducts high-quality research to inform the public, journalists and leaders. Studying religion\u2019s role in public life is a key part of the Center\u2019s long-standing research. In recent months, the media has followed how religious groups are engaging with important political issues, including immigration, U.S. military action in Iran, abortion and more. We designed this survey to learn what Americans are hearing about these and other topics from the clergy in their own houses of worship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more about Pew Research Center<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0our\u00a0religion research<\/a>. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How did we do this?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This analysis includes findings from a survey of 3,592 U.S. adults who are part of the Center\u2019s American Trends Panel<\/a> (ATP), including 1,391 people who say they attend religious services at least monthly. The survey was conducted April 6-12, 2026. The overall margin of error for respondents who attend religious services at least monthly is plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are the\u00a0questions used for this analysis<\/a>, along with\u00a0responses<\/a> and the survey\u00a0methodology<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

A new Pew Research Center survey finds that two-thirds of U.S. adults who regularly attend religious services say they have heard their clergy speak about at least one political or social issue in the past few months. Of the seven topics we asked about, abortion, Israel and homosexuality were among the most commonly cited.<\/p>\n\n\n

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66% of Americans who regularly attend religious services hear about at least one political or social issue from their clergy<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Source: Survey of U.S. adults conducted April 6-12, 2026.
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