In Sermon Illustrations: "Church"

Religion Gap Voters Who Go To Church Every Week ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Religion Gap Voters who go to church every week usually vote for Republicans while those who go to church less often or not at all tend to vote Democratic. In 2000, 25% of voters said they attended church weekly. The religion gap didn’t exist ...read more

Tags: Church General

85% Of U.s. Churches Average 200 Or Fewer People ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

85% of U.S. churches average 200 or fewer people in attendance on Sundays. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Church General

Houston Has 9 Of The 100 Largest U.s. Churches In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Houston has 9 of the 100 largest U.S. churches in America and 6 of the fastest growing. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Church General

Atlanta Has 7 Of The 100 Largest U.s. Churches In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Atlanta has 7 of the 100 largest U.S. churches in America and 5 of the fastest growing. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Church General

Just 69% Of Churches Offer Vbs Programs Today Vs. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Just 69% of churches offer VBS programs today vs. 81% in ’97. (Foster Letter ...read more

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Half Of All New Churches Since 1945 Were Started ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Half of all new churches since 1945 were started in the ‘90s, and the majority meet in rented facilities. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Church General

The U.s. Church Market Is $49 Billion Per Year. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

The U.S. church market is $49 billion per year. (Foster Letter ...read more

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U.s. Adult Church Attendance Has Risen From A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006

U.S. adult church attendance has risen from a low of 37% in ‘96 to 47% in ...read more

Tags: Church General

The Top 10 Issues Facing Today's Church 1-Prayer ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

The Top 10 Issues Facing Today’s Church 1-Prayer 2-Discipleship 3-Leadership 4-Evangelism 5-Doctrine /Worldview 6-Apathy 7-Marriage ...read more

Tags: Church General

Churches Can Now Host Super Bowl Parties Without ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008

Churches can now host Super Bowl parties without opposition from the National Football League. The League will not object to live showings of the Super Bowl by a religious organization on a routine and customary basis. The League will implement this ...read more

Tags: Church Practices

While Numerous U.s. Churches Have Been Adding ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008

While numerous U.S. churches have been adding Spanish services to meet the needs of new immigrants, an increasing number of Hispanic congregations are starting English services. It's an effort to meet the demands of second- and third-generation Hispanics, keep families together and reach ...read more

Tags: Church General

Christ Body...the Church Has Became Fat, Lazy, ...

Contributed by Hugh Laing on Feb 15, 2010

Christ body...the church has became fat, lazy, forgot how to pray, wealthy in possessions, and so worldly and wrapped up in our own things we just forgot how to deny SELF...and the worse part is it happened to us individually as well as (coeporaTELY)to our ...read more

Tags: Revival

Denomination: Baptist

Mega Churches: How Big? More Than 1.7 Million ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006

Mega Churches: How Big? More than 1.7 million Protestants in the U.S. now attend mega-churches (churches that have a weekly attendance of 2,000 plus). That’s out of a pool of 105 to 111 million people who attend Christian churches weekly. Since 1970, the ...read more

Tags: Church General

Only 1 Out Of 3 Church Leaders Models Christian ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

Only 1 out of 3 church leaders models Christian discipleship to their church family. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Parenting

The True Man Of God Is Heartsick, Grieved At The ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

"The true man of God is heartsick, grieved at the worldliness of the Church...grieved at the toleration of sin in the Church, grieved at the prayerlessness in the Church. He is disturbed that the corporate prayer of the ...read more

Tags: Church General

Megachurch Facts: According To John Vaughn, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Megachurch Facts: According to John Vaughn, Church Growth Today, There are now more than 1000 mega-churches (attendance of 2000 or more) in the U.S. vs. just 10 in ’70. Other 2005 megachurch firsts are: A church passed the 30,000 weekly attendance mark (Lakewood Church, Houston, TX). Overall ...read more

Tags: Church General

Denominational Loyalty Has Remained Unexpectedly ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Denominational Loyalty has remained unexpectedly strong among those who attended church as children. The church preferences of the adults who did not attend a Christian congregation when young are more likely to attend Baptist churches and not mainline Protestant or Catholic churches. Barna ...read more

Tags: Church General

67% Of Church-Going Young Adults Ages 18-34 And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009

67% of church-going young adults ages 18-34 and 72% of non church-goers interact with other young adults ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

Should Pastors Continue Education? 48% Of All ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Should Pastors Continue Education? 48% of all ministers say they are encouraged to continue their education using church time and/or funds. Another 8% are encouraged to further their education, as long as they use personal time and/or money. 40% are neither encouraged nor discouraged, while 2% ...read more

Tags: Church General

Why Teens Go To Church The #1 Reason (44%) Say, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006

Why Teens Go to Church The #1 reason (44%) say, It makes me feel closer to God. 24% go to learn about God, 8% because their parents make them go, 10% because they can be with other Christians, 5% because they like their Sunday School class and 10% for a various other reasons. Youth group is a big ...read more

Scripture: Luke 12:13-21

Tags: Evangelism How To