Which statement best explains why camp meetings churches attract more members in the first half of the 1800s? the exciting camp meetings gave people more emotional involvement in religion than they had earlier. camp meetings were more public than churches, and people felt pressured to declare their faith to fit in. people from different churches could attend camp meetings which led to a more accepting view of religion. the united states was becoming more and more sinful and many americans decided it was time to change the country.