In recent weeks I have shared and reflected upon the shocking and heart-rending fact that hundreds of FM churches could not report so much as one new Christ-follower in 2008. I have noted that this is an instance of self-defeating performance that profoundly violates our core tenets as earnest followers of Christ in the Wesleyan …
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Why the Stats Should Stun you, Part 2
A stunning sets of stats: A church goes an entire year and no one is drawn to follow Jesus in the wake of their following, no one has even stumbled on to the truth, no one has developed a curiosity or thirst or hunger. That is nigh on to unthinkable in light of some basic …
Why the Stats Should Stun You, Part 1
In my last post I told you about hundreds of FM churches that saw no new followers of Jesus in a year's time. I thought I would follow up over the next while with why these stats should stun us. To begin, what else are we here for and what else are we doing? Will …
455 IS WAY TOO MANY!
Recently as I was preparing to give a brief report on things happening in the church I learned that 455 churches reported no new followers of Christ during 2008. I could hardly believe my eyes. Could it really be that nearly half our churches did not see even one person begin to follow Jesus throughout the …
WHY I’M NOT BOTHERED BY THE SURVEY
Toward the end of Holy Week NEWSWEEK magazine published an article on the declining influence of Christianity in the U.S. The article was entitled, “The End of Christian America,” and reported the findings of a new poll conducted by NEWSWEEK. According to this poll, though the percentages of people professing strong religious orientation (even overtly …