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April 06, 2012

KSPR: Religious "reverts" return to religious groups across the country and ozarks

by Joanna Small and Kuba Wuls
KSPR

SPRINGFIELD, Mo.—They're not "converts," they're "reverts."  Nationwide more and more people are returning to the religions they abandoned as children, and religious groups are recognizing and taking advantage of the trend.

  According to the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life more than half of Americans claim they've switched religions at least once, but 9% say they've returned to a faith they once knew.

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