NEW DATA: The Overlooked Surprise in Pew’s New Study of Latter-day Saints

For the first time in years, pew has released a major study on stats around latter-day saints and it contained some pleasant surprises as well as less flattering news.The stats around Latter -day Saint retention is particularly eyebrow raising because PEW says our retention is substantially down, while BYU’s statistical report says we're doing great on retention. So who's right, and what context might we be missing? And is Utah actually more righteous than other parts of the church?Let’s dive into this report and unpack what the nation’s best numbers have to say about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.