a barna study shows that the number of unchurched people in the US is now near 100 million. that means that it is time for christians to get to work. not to say that everyone who does not go to church regularly is lost, but how will we know unless we ask them. time is short. many of our friends and neighbors are on the fast track to eternity...with no condemnation behind it i ask the question to myself where do i need to say something...and who do i need to say it to...everyone has someone on there heart usually 5 people they work with or are friends with...what is stopping you from saying something...the great commission (mark 16:15 go into all the world) does not give us the option of hoping that someone will say something. a real reality is people are dying without Jesus. SO there is no greater feeling than seeing someone come to christ!!! and we have so many relevant ways to make church relatable, the gospel easy to understand, i mean for the love of God the gospel is relevant! who doesn't wan't to live guilt free and have your heart cleaned out...how FUN and awesome it is to see people come the know the LOVE of God!!!!!!!!!!!!!
here is the barna report...
Over the past decade, the unchurched population has remained stable at one third of the Americanpopulation, the latest Barna Group survey showed. The Barna study found that 33 percent of adults are classified as unchurched – people who have not attended a religious service of any type during the past six months. The statistic has remained relatively the same since 1994 when 36 percent were reported to be unchurched.
Still, the unchurched population in numbers is staggering. An estimated 73 million adults are presently unchurched. The number nears 100 million when teens and children are added to the population segment. That also includes an estimated 13 to 15 million born-again adults and children. On its own, the unchurched population of the United States would be the eleventh most-populated nation on earth, the Barna Group noted.
Some people groups are notorious church avoiders, the study found.
Political liberals (jesus isn't a republican by the way "my input' not apart of this report) were more than twice as likely to be unchurched (47 percent) than political conservatives (19 percent). Single adults were also more likely to avoid religious services (37 percent) than married adults (29 percent).
Those least likely to be unchurched are residents in the South (26 percent) while residents in the West (42 percent) and Northeast (39 percent) remain the most church resistant.
The study also found sexual orientation is closely related to church status with 31 percent of heterosexuals classified as unchurched compared to 49 percent of homosexuals.
not that everyone who doesn't go to church is not a christian but if you have a heart for reaching people with jesus then this should leave you very uncomfortable...we have job to get done, it's a great job, fun job, the best job, loving and reaching people with that love, GODS LOVE...
AND SCENE...peace
here is the barna report...
Over the past decade, the unchurched population has remained stable at one third of the Americanpopulation, the latest Barna Group survey showed. The Barna study found that 33 percent of adults are classified as unchurched – people who have not attended a religious service of any type during the past six months. The statistic has remained relatively the same since 1994 when 36 percent were reported to be unchurched.
Still, the unchurched population in numbers is staggering. An estimated 73 million adults are presently unchurched. The number nears 100 million when teens and children are added to the population segment. That also includes an estimated 13 to 15 million born-again adults and children. On its own, the unchurched population of the United States would be the eleventh most-populated nation on earth, the Barna Group noted.
Some people groups are notorious church avoiders, the study found.
Political liberals (jesus isn't a republican by the way "my input' not apart of this report) were more than twice as likely to be unchurched (47 percent) than political conservatives (19 percent). Single adults were also more likely to avoid religious services (37 percent) than married adults (29 percent).
Those least likely to be unchurched are residents in the South (26 percent) while residents in the West (42 percent) and Northeast (39 percent) remain the most church resistant.
The study also found sexual orientation is closely related to church status with 31 percent of heterosexuals classified as unchurched compared to 49 percent of homosexuals.
not that everyone who doesn't go to church is not a christian but if you have a heart for reaching people with jesus then this should leave you very uncomfortable...we have job to get done, it's a great job, fun job, the best job, loving and reaching people with that love, GODS LOVE...
AND SCENE...peace
