Data from the Pew Research center show that, compared to Christian men, Christian women are most likely to attend weekly church services (53% versus 46%), pray daily (61% versus 51%), and say religion is important in their lives (68% versus 61%).    It's not a new trend. In the gospels, women were the last at the foot of Jesus's cross, the first at his tomb. Research has shown that they were critical to the growth of the early church, being more likely to convert to Christianity than men, and most of the early Christian communities were majority female. Throughout history, women were exemplars of the faith as mystics and martyrs, royal women converting their husbands and supporting converts, and founders of denominations and churches that are now all over the world. Women make up the majority of Christians today.