As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“The study found that … 61 percent of millennial evangelicals (ages 18 through 34), 54 percent of ‘boomers and matures’ (ages 55 and over) and 44 percent of Generation X (ages 35 to 54) respondents” said they attend church once per week or more. - Christian Post
“This article compares church membership data for the 1998-2000 and 2016-2018 periods, using combined data from multiple years to facilitate subgroup analysis. On average, 69% of U.S. adults were members of a church in 1998-2000, compared with 52% in 2016-2018.” - Gallup
Reposted from The Cripplegate.
In my fifteen years as a pastor, I’ve seen my fair share of people who have left the church. Some have left the churches where I’ve been on staff for other churches—the sort of greener pasture mentality, you could say—and others have left the church all together. Its that second category that fascinates me the most.
“[T]hese trends may be less about our abandoning the supernatural and more about our abandoning each other.” - NReview
“Nearly two-thirds of Protestant churchgoers say they’ve invited at least one person to visit their church in the past six months, according to a new LifeWay Research study.” - BPNews
“Most churchgoers will put up with a change in music style or a different preacher. But don’t mess with a church’s beliefs or there may be an exodus, according to a new study from Nashville-based LifeWay Research.” - CToday
Proclaim and Defend: “Holding three services, with the same size group, doing nearly the same thing in each service, is not likely meeting the discipleship needs of new believers and therefore not effectively carrying out the Great Commission.”
“A Gallup poll found 39 percent of Catholics reported attending church between 2014 and 2017. The figure is markedly lower than the 45 percent average reported from 2005 to 2008.” WRNews
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