According to David Kinnaman and the MinistryToday magazine, every year, The Barna Group examines the state of the church, and most Americans align themselves with Christianity. The following are interesting elements of allegiance:
* More than 4 out of 5 adults identifies as a Christian, equating to about 185 million Americans.
* Vast majority of the nation's population has attended church regularly as some point during their life.
* 2/3s of the nation's adult population firmly embraces the idea that their most important purpose it to love God will all their heart, mind, soul and strength.
* Approximately seven out of 10 Americans claim to have a personal commitment to Jesus Christ (representing approximately 150 million adults).
* Approximately 90 million adults say they attend a worship service at a church at some point during the week.
How does this information affect your local congregation? Is the survey relative to your congregants?
For more information on this 2007 survey see the following link.
(The above information was included in the article by David Kinnaman, president of The Barna Group and included in the July/August issue of MinistryToday.)
