Show with their religion By GEORGE GALLUP ard JIM CASTELU Tmes Sndcate JR ' Loz Apgees Surveys show that Americans more satisfied with their religious leaders are more likely to believe in a personal God and place a higher value on the importance of God in their lives than residents of most western European nations are The Gallup Pol! Americans are far more content than most western Europeans with their religious leaders Seventy-thre- e percent of Americans say the church in their country satisfies their spiritual needs The Republic of Ireland ranks first among western European nations with 64 percent of that country’s residents giving their local churches a positive rating Northern Ireland is next followed by at 60 percent France (48 percent) West GerSpain (45 (47 percent) many percent) Italy (43 percent) and Great Britain (42 percent) When asked whether they believe in God either a personal God or “some sort of spirit or life force” more than 90 percent of Americans respond affirmatively with 66 percent reporting a belief in a personal God Only the Republic of Ireland (73 percent) and Northern Ireland (70 percent) ranked ahead of the United States regarding belief in a personal God In Spain 55 percent believe in a personal God followed by Norway (40 percent) Belgium (39) the Netherlands (34) Great Britain (31) Italy (26) France (26) Finland (25) West Germany (24) Denmark and Sweden (19 percent each) Only half of the French (52 percent) believe in any form of God while 76 percent of Italians and 70 percent of Finns believe in God The French also rank low in saying they receive comfort and strength from religion Only 37 percent say they do while 57 percent say they do not Only 46 percent of the English and 44 percent of West Germans say they receive comfort and strength from their religion compared with 79 percent of Americans Americans also rank at the top in rating the importance of God in their lives On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 the highest Americans averaged a rating of 821 behind only tiny Malta (958) The US figure was slightly higher than the rating in Ireland and Northern Ireland and higher than that in Italy (696) and Spain (639) Great Britain ( 572) West Germany (567) and France (472) ranked near the bottom Fetvuary 7 1937 Data from Gallup International surveys in recent years allows a comparison of US vs western European attitudes on six religious subjects — weekly church attendance belief in a personal God importance of God in daily life belief in life after death obtaining comfort from religion and whether the church in each country answers people’s spiritual needs By combining the perthese centages answering questions affirmatively and then dividing by 100 percent for each question we obtain the following “Religion Index” for each country: TIRSTCHRI STUN ON THE :tji FRONT LINE James Matson Minister St Sunday Worship libte htud) Chunk School 930 Morthip Service II 00 Nurvet) Care Provided tub Ogden Vhnl 30 at Smhff HH am Wrdnrsday 9 30 am Faulilin 4800 South 163 West Phone (Diaciples of Chrisl) 4vaiUMr UNITED Lighted Parking Area Ramp For Handicapped CHURCH of CHRIST (Congregational! Sunday School M0UM1EW St Worship am 3350 Harrison 11:00 Entrance CHURCH OF RELIGIOUS SCIENCE Healing Meditation 10:30 AM Service 11:00 ANL 00 AM Sundav School off 33rd St 4U Phone 3717 Grant Ave ReligioiHlifde A comparison umnranrty”’ Uttiti'd'MtftAcfdlst CHURC ZION SPANISH US vs western European attitudes on six religious subjects By calculating percentages of affirmative answers indicating positive attitudes about religion we obtain the following 'Religion Index' for each country Percent Country ASSEMBLY OF GOD 682 23rd OGDEN UT of Dr Everett Anderson Church School 9:30 Worship 8:10 and OGDEN am 1st VUb tmmUf Service CImc Wit Vihiilif Fcflemta tl KS w IM II 00 lolf He IX CM XtjW Prayer BefUel Senrr Wi I 1 CHURCH CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD 2374 Grant Ave ASCENSION tad Cart LUTHERAN ALC CHURCH M5 2nd St 4 Wbfi A Jr l WV uocmtd rannt Ilrstn oranatnetha'ieiiftts hUre (id’s H hard k'W'd JeseChn4a Haemal mg lord and 5a nr '4 ad Pastor: Sieve Wigdahl Phone 393 6517 ELM Phone LITHHIS CHHCH-- or 332-- Navri Pry 7 A ClnrfirM 2604 Jefferson trite 6368 and II Sun Werjtg First Southern 470 East 92 Utah Ogden Sunday Sc honl 9 15 Worship Sen ice 10:30 a m Baptist Church Wh SYNOD Sjcin NhoiH'iam ChJdrem Sermon Every Sunday m Methodist Church tjrif MISSOURI 3329 Rarraoa Blvd Phone Rev Jack D Heck 479 4732 SERVICE 8 00 a m Hiiiv Furharivt am Church School all ages 10A0 Family Eorhamt tnih Nursery AtaiUM First United 432 Gordon J Benevh and Linda Bams Minium I kA II ih X ti CVjh Church Srhl 9 4 Korean Service 930 A M ST PAI L CHURCH And DAY SCHOOL SUNDAY VA £& ) 84037 Utah LUTHERAN WELCOMES YOU 9 15 fm V (530 N Mam St 546 0212 a Worship No Fairfield hnJnu 550 N 600 THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH aulwKi PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Meeting at KavsvRlt The Church With Lighted Croce IwhwArm Tvler 930 Church School J 100 am Wtirship (Nursery Care WESTMINSTER 3 FAITH Pastor Thomas Grossman These findings are based on at least 1000 interviews with adults in surveys taken in 1981 1985 and 1986 For findings based on samples of this size one can say with 95 percent confidence that the error attributable to sampling and other random effects could be four percentage points in either direction In addition to sampling error the reader should bear in mind that question wording and practical difficulties in conducting surveys can introduce error or bias into the findings of opinion polls 10:00 AM SUN SCHOOL MORNING WORSHIP 1:00 AM 6:00 EVANGELISTIC SERV 7:00 WED FAMILY NIGHT PASTOR JOSEPH ROMERO JR CHURCH and All Services 3 0A CHRISTIAN PRESBYTERIAN TRINITY of Dimes BAPTIST JAPANESE Street Support the grapfoc 1100 (Nursery Care) Office Hours: 8 30 4 M M F A March of Dimes research grantee Dr Anderson studies the very beginnings of life before birth when so many things can go wrong His work reflects the deep concern of the March of Dimes in its fight against birth defects This kind of basic research is top priority and poi nts the way to the dpMa U s N PRESBYTERIAN Street Professor of Anatomy Harvard Medical School day when good health at birth will be the right of every child About 40 percent of Americans attend church or synagogue each week This ranks behind church attendance in Ireland (72 percent) and Northern Ireland (52 percent) is on a par with Spain (41 percent) and Italy (36 percent) and ranks well ahead of the Scandinavian countries Church attendance in the United States is at least twice as high as in West Germany (21 percent) Great Britain (14 percent) and France (12 percent) f FIRST 945 Seaday StUM a m Servvt 10 CWtk Pastor a 1 Trnr a Barrett Phone 130 5 M M pa fa Lampp Ogden fefcfo 575 23rd St Phone: 391- - 5343 '44 IMAM Spirit Sarnumt 9AltSjday5Vl4 MJi f OM 1140 M B rh yney mny Pavtor Henry W Reenntjrrna 394 4252 r Church New 11 |