Are Churches Still Racially Segregated Today? (What Has Changed Since the 1960s)
“The most segregated hour is at 11 a.m. on Sunday morning” is a widely recognized statement concerning race and religion in the United States. While often linked to Martin Luther King, Jr., variations of this expression predated his popularization of it. Regardless of its origin, the core message remains constant: religion in the United States distinctly reflects deep-seated racial divisions.
But has anything changed around race and religion since those ideas were injected into mainstream discourse in the 1950s and 1960s? It’s a very hard question to answer. Most surveys don’t ask about the specific church people attend, typically only inquiring about attendance frequency. The recent Pew Religious Landscape Survey is an exception, as it included a question for regular attendees: “When you attend religious services in person, what is the race or ethnicity of most other people attending?”
Within the sample, 52% of respondents reported attending a predominantly
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