The research has shown that service attendance, rather than private spirituality or solitary practice, strongly predicts health.

From USAToday (not the friendliest magazine of Biblical Christian values):

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/10/28/religion-church-attendance-mortality-column/92676964

The link doesn’t always work the best on computer and so I am saving a download of the article here:

Here are the links from this article to the studies:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10462170

http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2521827

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11302358

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12160-016-9813-9

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24115346

https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.87.6.957

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10804-012-9143-5

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/American-Grace/Robert-D-Putnam/9781416566731

Here is link to the Tyler Vanderwheele (the professor behind the findings and article) at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyler_VanderWeele

Also, see prior posts on similar subjects like:

And:

P.S. – Learned about this article attending church…LOL!

Update:

In this 2017 paper by Vanderwheele it is admitted that: “Because most research has involved predominantly US and Christian populations, future work should examine these dimensions within broader ethnic and religious contexts.” Interesting…

God bless….

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