nonchurchgoer

noun

non·church·go·er ˌnän-ˈchərch-ˌgō-ər

: a person who does not regularly attend a church : one who is not a churchgoer

a self-confessed nonchurchgoer

nonchurchgoing

ˌnän-ˈchərch-ˌgō-iŋ

adjective

About 37 percent of nonchurchgoing Americans avoid church because of negative past experiences in churches or with church people, according to Barna research. —

Greg Garrison

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One relative is a nonchurchgoer, and the other is a Jehovah’s Witness. —

Abigail Van Buren, Houston Chronicle, 14 Apr. 2018