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Reversing the Trend
Christian congregations are losing numbers. This is an undeniable trend. According to Simon G. Brauer in his 2017 peer-reviewed paper written for the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, congregations hit their peak of 414,000 in 2006 and by 2012 the number shrank to 384,000. According Thom Rainer, in his 2018 article Hope for Dying Churches, “Between 6,000 and 10,000 churches in the U.S. are dying each year.” There is no solid statistical evidence of this many closings….
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What About the Millennials?
In researching how millennials see the church today and what they are looking for I found a study conducted by the Barna Group who has conducted over 30,000 interviews with Millennials over the past 10 years. Armed with this vital background of information the referenced study looked at 4 areas; culture, ministry, leadership and facilities and surveyed teens and young adults born between 1984 and 2002. The following excerpt from the introduction contains a momentous warning for the church. “….
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