New Poll by Pew Research Center

The Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion and Public Life will release a new poll on changes in religious affiliation in the U.S. The Religion News Service has stated:

On Monday, April 27, 2009, the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life will release a new survey that documents the fluidity of religious affiliation in the U.S. and describes in detail the patterns and major reasons for change.

"Faith in Flux: Changes in Religious Affiliation in the U.S." is a follow-up to the U.S. Religious Landscape Survey, conducted by the Pew Forum in 2007 and released in 2008, which found that a remarkably high number of people have changed their religious affiliation since childhood. The new poll offers insight into how often people change and the main reasons they give for changing their religion -- or leaving religion altogether -- which differ widely depending on the origin and destination of the convert.

See the RNS for the story.