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Church Loyalty: What Keeps Members And Seekers ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

Church Loyalty: What keeps members and seekers attending their church on a regular basis? Currently 1 out of 7 adults changes churches each year while 1 out of 6 attends a handful of churches on a rotating basis. Ranked by importance, Barna Research says these are the 10 critical factors in ...read more

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Understanding Church: Todd Hunter Has Been A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006

Understanding Church: Todd Hunter has been a church leader and student of cultural movements for over 30 years. He says, “When I’m dealing with young people today, they are living in a different reality and their reality is more based in community. Now I know you hear this all the time and you read ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?

Church Giving Declines: Barna Research Found That ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006

Church Giving Declines: Barna Research found that 78% of adults donated money to a non-profit organization or church in ‘00. That’s a 6% decline from ‘99, and a 9% drop from ‘98, when 87% of all adults had donated funds. The average giving per person fell by 15% in ‘00 to $886, versus $1377 in ’98. ...read more

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Mega-Churches (1,000+ Members) Account For ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Mega-churches (1,000+ members) account for between 5% and 10% of all U.S. churches and attract between 2 and 5 million attenders. ...read more

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Church Attendance Surge Over: For The Last Three ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Church Attendance Surge Over: For the last three decades, Gallup Poll has found the percentage of Americans who attend church or synagogue weekly to hover between 39% and 43%. In May ‘01, the figure was 41%, in the 10 days after 9/11, it climbed to 47%—a noticeable rise, but no more than what is ...read more

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The United Methodist Church Is Losing 40,000 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

The United Methodist Church is losing 40,000 members a year in the U.S. as it gains roughly 100,000 a year in the 13 African nations where it is thriving. There are now 11.2 million Methodists worldwide including 8.3 million in the U.S. Africans are having a growing ...read more

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80% Of Small Churches And 90% Of Medium To Large ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006

80% of small churches and 90% of medium to large churches offer Bible studies and Sunday school for kids. (Foster ...read more

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More Than 50% Of The Churches With 100 Or More In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006

More than 50% of the churches with 100 or more in attendance offer classes for new believers and youth outreach activities compared to 33% with less than ...read more

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Faith Without Church: Barna Research Reports That ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Faith Without Church: Barna Research reports that in the U.S. about 10 million self-proclaimed, born-again Christians have not been to church in the last 6 months, apart from Christmas or Easter. Yet, nearly all born-agains say their spiritual life is very important. About a third of Americans are ...read more

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45% Of American Adults Attend Church On A Typical ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

45% of American adults attend church on a typical weekend. (Foster Letter ...read more

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53% Of Married People Attend Church On A Typical ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

53% of married people attend church on a typical weekend vs. 37% of singles. (Foster Letter ...read more

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Church Plants: This Year (2005), The 16.4 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Church Plants: This year (2005), the 16.4 million-member Southern Baptist Convention plans to plant 1,800 new churches using by-the-book niche-marketing ...read more

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18% Of Churches Now Create Their Own Christian ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

18% of churches now create their own Christian education curriculum vs. 10% in ’02. (Foster Letter ...read more

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Only 58% Of Churches Now Offer Midweek ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Only 58% of churches now offer midweek programming for children compared to 64% in ’97. (Foster ...read more

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95% Of Churches Offer A Sunday School Program. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

95% of churches offer a Sunday school program. But just 5% of pastors consider it to be the church’s highest priority compared to 22% in ’02. ...read more

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More Mega-Churches: New Research Reveals That ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

More Mega-Churches: New research reveals that their may be 1200 or more mega churches in the U.S. rather than the widely assumed 850 count. A cooperative project by the Hartford Institute for Religion Research and the Leadership Network discovered the discrepancy when the two groups, each of ...read more

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American Baptist Churches Usa Is Expected To Lose ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

American Baptist Churches USA is expected to lose several hundred churches over homosexuality. It may become the biggest church exodus from any ...read more

Global Church Growth: Ted Haggard, Pastor And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Global Church Growth: Ted Haggard, Pastor and current President of the National Association of Evangelicals, reports that about 69,000 people around the world are becoming Christians daily. That’s roughly one-third of the global ...read more

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Reshaping The Church Researcher George Barna Has ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Reshaping The Church Researcher George Barna has identified 4 factors he describes as “indicative of the reshaping of the church in the U.S.” They are: (1) The priorities embraced by church leaders. Most local churches essentially ignore: ministry to children, ministry to families and prayer. (2) ...read more

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New Alliance: Church Leaders From 30 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

New Alliance: Church leaders from 30 denominations have agreed on a proposal to create the broadest alliance of Christians ever formed in the U.S. It would represent 5 segments of U.S. Christianity (Evangelical/ Pentecostal, Historic Protestant, Orthodox, Racial/Ethnic and Roman Catholic). The ...read more

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