Church Attendance

I just read a Cover Story article in USA Today which says that nearly all Christian denominations are losing ground. This caught my attention because I remembered reading an article in The Week recently which said that church attendance is up in the past year, and made the point that it is normal during economic downturns for people to start going back to church. When you actually read the USA Today article, you find that they are reporting on some study which compares denominational affiliations today with 19 years ago. The only reason I bring this up is because it seems to me that the editors of USA Today would have known about the fact of church attendance currently going up, and yet they chose to make this their lead story. Technically, the article was true, but it’s a great example of using the truth to deceive.