Fast Facts: March/April 09

The people attending a Nazarene church in the U.S.* on a typical Sunday morning report having an average of 2.6 children. Of those attendees who are at least 25 years old, many (53 percent) live in households in which there are no children. Among the nearly half (47 percent) who report having children living at home, the majority have at least one child under 13 years old while nearly half have at least one teenager. Among Nazarene worshipers, it is very common to have the children participating in the same church as the parents.

Family information reported by adults attending Nazarene churches on a typical Sunday morning*: 2.6 Average number of children—whether living at home or not 12 % Adults living alone 9 % Adults sharing a household with no children 32 % Couples with no children living at home (Total of 53 % with no children at home) 6 % Single adults with children living at home 41 % Couples with children living at home 25 % Percentage of people reporting at least one child under 13 years old living at home 19 % Percentage of people reporting at least one teenager living at home (Some had only older children at home, some had both teens and younger children at home) 80 % Percentage of eldest children living at home who participate in the same church as their parents.

—Compiled by Dale Jones and Ken Crow.

 

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