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Do you pray with your kids? Should you? What stops you from prioritizing prayer?
These are all questions that the American Bible Society’s second installment of “State of the Bible: USA 2026” attempts to find out. In their study entitled “Parenting with the Bible,” the Society aims to examine the spiritual practices of American parents, their experiences with the Church, and their prayer habits with their children.
Based on a study of 2,649 U.S. adults surveyed from Jan 8th to 27th, 2026, the research found that 29% of American parents pray with their children, with 16% praying daily and 13% praying often. 21% pray with their children “sometimes,” 15% pray rarely, and 35% pray never.
According to John Farquhar Plake, American Bible Society’s chief innovation officer and editor-in-chief of the “State of the Bible” series, “parents are open to the Bible, but behavior hasn’t kept pace with that openness.” Plake’s assumptions seem to be supported, noting that 35% of parents never pray with their children, a percentage higher by 6% than the 29% who do pray.