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Current Church Models Lead to Large Churches And Large numbers of Unchurched @ e-Church.com
Posted by Mike Boyink
Here is my guess based on intuition and cobbled together reports. I tend to believe that the unchurched are sophisticated, smart and self-sufficient. They do not think they have “felt needs” nor do they want their spiritual formation programed. Why? Because formation is a mystery like the creative process.
http://www.e-church.com/blog-detail.asp?EntryID=637&BloggerID=1
Some interesting numbers from Barna study are linked to here.
Comments:
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Finally had time to read this post Mike. Our population is up 15% in this country since 1991, but the number of people not attending church is up 92%. (fron 39 million to 75 million) I have to admit I’m scratching my head too. We have larger churches but less people attending? Is that right? I wondering how many people are meeting in parks? It seems like those parks ought to be overflowing.
More blind than ever, Ed
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 06/22 at 04:11 PM -
Either that 15% of the total is larger than 36 Million people (enough to cover the difference) or we’re seeing a “Wal-Mart” effect at churches - smaller ones dying out or not growing? We’re probably in a bad spot in the country to judge any trends.
(This actually from Mike at Crissa’s computer…mine died!)
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 06/22 at 06:04 PM