here’s a great video put together by drew goodmanson entitled ‘post-christian america & the urgency of church planting’. it’s full of statistics from several different sources and really makes you think…
(it’s also a great resource!)
watch church planting in a post-christian u.s.
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Hmmm….dont know what to think of some of the stats…most of the “Christians” in the U.S. need to be unchurched anyways, and what exactly does “Meet the criteria” mean for being evangelical?
I agree more church plants, but in that same breath I also think less buildings, less programs, and less inreach and more outreach.
In some sense these numbers actually are a positive trend…the less people are getting taught BS and the more opportunity to show people that the way of Jesus is a way to life not just in the future, but a better and more fulfilling life now.
tell us what you really think jason!
church plants aren’t about inreach—they can’t be or they’ll die.
they’re not about buildings either—they can’t afford them
they’re not about programs either—there’s no one to lead them
i think you’re looking rather bitterly at the church (yes, i’m making a judgment)… there’s got to come a time when we realize that the church is making a difference, albeit a small one, and that there is some positive good taking place in the church… my frustration is just that it could be doing so much more. that’s what i want to see different, not the demise of the church.
interesting. i’ve seen the statistics before and, as you’ve both indicated, they raise some interesting questions.
what struck me was the choice of music. that braveheart tune sounded like a crusader hymn.