(RNS) Most Americans look so kindly on churches, they might even go sometime

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 Wednesday (June 3) on perceptions of religious denominations.

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

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