A Two-Parent Family in Childhood Predicts Church Participation in Adulthood, Studies Reveal

Church attendance is linked to voting, birth rate, mental health, and more. And trends suggest that by 2040, 40 percent in U.S. won’t have any religious faith.

A child plays football with his father at Can Pere Antoni Beach in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, on April 26, 2020. Jaime Reina/AFP via Getty Images

When fathers walk out on their children, the children eventually walk out on God, according to a new study by the nonprofit research group Communio.

“This is the missing ingredient,” J.P. de Gance, the president of Communio, told The Epoch Times.