Study finds Americans think well of churches, might even attend

Many Americans today don’t think they have a place for church in their lives.

“But they believe the church has a place for them, when or if they are interested,” said Scott McConnell, vice president of LifeWay Research, which issued a new survey in June on perceptions of religious denominations.

The findings show that as many as 45 percent of Americans look at the church brand on the sign out front—such as Catholic, Baptist, or Methodist—and drive past, thinking it is “not for me.”