Hostility against churches a 'growing trend,' as study finds hundreds of attacks on U.S. churches in 2024
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Family Research Council report found 415 hostile acts against 383 churches across 43 states in 2024, with vandalism and arson being the most common incidents.
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While that figure reflects a decline from the 485 incidents tracked in 2023, it is still more than double the number of attacks reported in 2022, and nearly equal to the 420 total incidents the group discovered in its first report, which spanned a 57-month period.
The report relied on publicly available data and found a cumulative total of 1,384 acts of hostility against churches from January 2018 through December 2024. The group acknowledged that this figure is likely higher due to cases unreported to law enforcement or by the media.
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