Words for a person who goes to church very seldom or not at all:
| BACKSLIDER | 488 |
| HEATHEN | 123 |
| NON-BELIEVER | 51 |
| ATHEIST | 41 |
| HYPOCRITE | 39 |
| NON-CHURCHGOER | 28 |
| INFIDEL | 25 |
| SLACKER | 20 |
| SINNER | 17 |
| UNBELIEVER | 11 |
| JACK MORMON | 9 |
| NOT A CHURCHGOER | 9 |
| PAGAN | 8 |
| AGNOSTIC | 6 |
| FAIR-WEATHER CHRISTIAN | 6 |
| NON-RELIGIOUS | 6 |
| FALLEN AWAY | 5 |
| HOME BAPTIST | 5 |
| LUKEWARM | 5 |
| EASTER CHRISTIAN | 4 |
| EASTER-AND-CHRISTMAS ATTENDANT | 3 |
| FALL-AWAY | 3 |
| NON-GOER | 3 |
| NON-RELIGIOUS PERSON | 3 |
| POOR CHURCH MEMBER | 3 |
| VISITOR | 3 |
| DROPOUT | 2 |
| EASTER LILY | 2 |
| FALLEN FROM GRACE | 2 |
| INACTIVE | 2 |
| IRREGULAR | 2 |
| LUKEWARM CHRISTIAN | 2 |
| NOT A CHURCHMAN | 2 |
| NOT MUCH OF A CHURCHGOER | 2 |
| NR | 2 |
| POOR CHURCHGOER | 2 |
| SHIRKER | 2 |
| STAY-AT-HOME | 2 |
| SUNDAY CHRISTIAN | 2 |
| UNRELIGIOUS | 2 |
| A.C.P.E. | 1 |
| ABSENTEE | 1 |
| BACKSLID EPISCOPALIAN | 1 |
| BELLY-MEMBER | 1 |
| BIRTH-RESURRECTIONIST | 1 |
| BLACK SHEEP | 1 |
| BLACKSLIDER | 1 |
| BUZZARD RELIGION | 1 |
| C. AND E. CHRISTIAN | 1 |
| C. AND E. MAN | 1 |
| C.E. PEOPLE | 1 |
| C.E.’S | 1 |
| CHRISTMAS AND EASTER | 1 |
| CHRISTMAS CATHOLIC | 1 |
| CHRISTMAS-AND-EASTER CHRISTIANS | 1 |
| CHRISTMAS-AND-EASTER GOER | 1 |
| CHURCH GRASSHOPPER | 1 |
| CHURCH SKIPPER | 1 |
| CHURCH SLIDER | 1 |
| COLD | 1 |
| COMMUNIST | 1 |
| COWARD SOLDIER | 1 |
| DARWIN’S HELPER | 1 |
| DEADWOOD | 1 |
| DELINQUENT | 1 |
| DEVIL CHASER | 1 |
| DON’T GO TO CHURCH MUCH | 1 |
| DOUBTING THOMAS | 1 |
| DRAWBACK | 1 |
| DRIED UP | 1 |
| DRY-WEATHER CHRISTIAN | 1 |
| EASTER CHURCHGOER | 1 |
| EASTER SUNDAY | 1 |
| EASTER SUNDAY METHODIST | 1 |
| EASTER WORSHIPPER | 1 |
| EASTER-AND-CHRISTMAS CHRISTIAN | 1 |
| EATING MEMBER | 1 |
| FAIR-WEATHER | 1 |
| FALLEN AWAY FROM CHURCH | 1 |
| FALLEN BY THE WAYSIDE | 1 |
| FALL-FROM-GRACE | 1 |
| FELL-AWAY | 1 |
| FREE-RIDING MEMBER | 1 |
| FRINGE | 1 |
| GOOD PAYER | 1 |
| GOSPEL ROD-RIDERS | 1 |
| GOT COLD | 1 |
| HALF-ASSED EPISCOPALIAN | 1 |
| HALF-ASSED METHODIST | 1 |
| HALF-CATHOLIC | 1 |
| HE BACKSLID | 1 |
| HE DON’T GO TO CHURCH | 1 |
| HE HAS HIS RELIGION IN HIS WIFE’S NAME | 1 |
| HE WORSHIPS IN HIS OWN HOME | 1 |
| HERETIC | 1 |
| HE’S GOT BUZZARD RELIGION | 1 |
| HIT-AND-MISS | 1 |
| HIT-AND-MISS CATHOLIC | 1 |
| HOLIDAY CHRISTIAN | 1 |
| HOLIDAY JEW | 1 |
| INACTIVE MEMBER | 1 |
| IN-AND-OUTER | 1 |
| INVITED CHRISTIAN | 1 |
| IRREGULAR ATTENDANT | 1 |
| IRREGULAR IN CHURCH ATTENDANCE | 1 |
| IRRELIGIOUS | 1 |
| ISN’T A CHURCHGOER | 1 |
| JOINED THE WORLD | 1 |
| LACK OF SPIRIT | 1 |
| LAX | 1 |
| LAZY | 1 |
| LOST SINNER | 1 |
| MEMBER IN NAME ONLY | 1 |
| MEMBER IN POOR STANDING | 1 |
| MERRY CHRISTMAS AND EASTER TIME | 1 |
| MONTHLY SUNDAYS | 1 |
| MUSH-MOUTH | 1 |
| NO-CHURCH-GOING CAT | 1 |
| NO-GOODER | 1 |
| NO-HELLER | 1 |
| NON-BELIEVER IN GOD | 1 |
| NON-CHRISTIAN | 1 |
| NONCONFORMIST | 1 |
| NON-MEMBERS | 1 |
| NON-PRACTICING | 1 |
| NON-RELIGION | 1 |
| NOT A CHURCH FOLLOWER | 1 |
| NOT A CHURCH-GOER | 1 |
| NOT A CHURCHGOING MAN | 1 |
| NOT A GOOD CHURCH MEMBER | 1 |
| NOT A GOOD CHURCH PERSON | 1 |
| NOT ACTIVE | 1 |
| NOT AN ACTIVE MEMBER | 1 |
| NOT INTERESTED | 1 |
| NOT REGULAR CHURCH PEOPLE | 1 |
| NOT RELIGIOUS | 1 |
| NOT VERY RELIGIOUS | 1 |
| OCCASIONAL ATTENDANT | 1 |
| ON-AND-OFFER | 1 |
| ONCE-A-YEAR PEOPLE | 1 |
| ONCE-A-YEARERS | 1 |
| ONCE-IN-A-WHILE | 1 |
| ONCE-OR-TWICE-A-YEAR CHRISTIANS | 1 |
| ONCER | 1 |
| ONE WHO GOES ON THE HIGH HOLIDAYS | 1 |
| OUTCAST | 1 |
| PART BELIEVER | 1 |
| PART-TIME PROTESTANT | 1 |
| PEACOCK RELIGION | 1 |
| PO’-CHRISTIAN | 1 |
| POINSETTIA | 1 |
| POOR CHRISTIAN | 1 |
| POOR PARTICIPANT | 1 |
| RELUCTANT CHRISTIAN | 1 |
| RENEGADE | 1 |
| SACRILEGIOUS | 1 |
| SEAT-WARMER | 1 |
| SELDOM GOES TO CHURCH | 1 |
| SHIRT-TAIL BAPTIST | 1 |
| SLACK | 1 |
| SLEEPER-INNER | 1 |
| SLIDER | 1 |
| SLIM CHURCHGOER | 1 |
| SOMETIMER | 1 |
| SPECIAL OCCASION CHURCH MEMBERS | 1 |
| STRAGGLER | 1 |
| SUNDAY CHURCHGOER | 1 |
| SUNDAY COME-LATELY | 1 |
| SUNDAY SLEEPER | 1 |
| THREE-TIME-A-YEAR GOER | 1 |
| TURNED HEATHEN | 1 |
| TWICE-A-YEAR BOY | 1 |
| TWICE-A-YEAR CHRISTIAN | 1 |
| TWICE-A-YEAR CHURCHGOER | 1 |
| UN-CHRISTIAN | 1 |
| UNCHURCH | 1 |
| UNCHURCHED | 1 |
| UNFAITHFUL | 1 |
| WEAK | 1 |
| WEAK BROTHER | 1 |
| WEAK MEMBER | 1 |
| WEAK RELIGION | 1 |
| WEEK-END PEOPLE | 1 |
| WHITEWASH CATHOLIC | 1 |
| YOU CAN HEAR THE RAFTERS CREAKING WHEN HE GOES TO CHURCH | 1 |
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