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New research from The Barna Group has identified five distinct segments in how Americans participate in faith communities. Here is a quick profile for each of the five:

1. Unattached - 23% of American adults
   This group has no personal interaction with a regularly-convened faith community, but they do use religious media. They do not attend conventional churches or organic faith communities, such as a house churches.
   >> 1 in 3 have never attended a church
   >> 59% consider themselves to be Christian
   >> 17% are born again Christians
   >> More likely to be single, male, and divorced at some point.
2. Intermittents (the under-churched) - 15% of American adults
   This group has participated in either a conventional church or an organic faith community within the past year but not within the past month.
   >> 2 in 3 have attended a church event within the past six months
3. Homebodies - 3% of American adults
   This group has attended a house church within the last month but not a conventional church.
4. Blenders - 3% of American adults
   This group has attended both a conventional church and a house church within the last month.
5. Conventionals - 56% of American adults
   This group has attended a conventional church event or service within the last month but not a house church.

For more insights , read The Barna Group’s original report.