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Why People Give…and Why Some Do Not
By J. Bennett Guess November 2004 It’s November. Look in the mailbox and soon-if not already-your church’s annual stewardship letter and pledge card will find its way to you. Take a moment to read, discern, complete and return. Meanwhile, United Church News is wondering what approach might prod you to give more generously this year-and […]
Pluralism and Consensus: Why Mainline Church Mission Budgets Are in Trouble
by Richard G. Hutcheson, Jr. Richard Hutcheson is senior fellow at the Center on Religion and Society in New York, New York. This article appeared in the Christian Century July 6-13, 1977, p. 618. Copyright by the Christian Century Foundation and used by permission. Current articles and subscription information can be found at http://www.christiancentury.org. This […]
Why People Don’t Go To Church
(From Mark Tindall, October 2004): WHY PEOPLE DON’T GO TO CHURCH… AND WHAT CHURCHES CAN DO ABOUT IT Why don’t more Australians go to church? Many express interest in spiritual issues, and there are high levels of occasional contact between the churches and the community. Yet the number of people who attend church has hit […]
Why Are The Churches Failing?
The churches argue they are better attended than football. They are kidding themselves, writes Muriel Porter. In Melbourne and around Australia, a spiritual movement begun 10 years ago in Sydney is quietly on the rise. “Spirituality in the pub” – informal dinner, speaker and conversation events held in suburban pubs – has grown to 40 […]
How Many Go To Church?
The Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan periodically conducts the World Values Survey. It polls a statistically valid sample of adults from a total of 60 nations. Some of their findings from their 1995-1997 survey: The United States has a higher level of church attendance than any other country which is “at […]
How Many Go To Church in Australia?
Some 19% of Australians claim to attend church at least monthly (Well-being 2003). About 1.7 million people (9%) attend a Catholic, Anglican and Protestant church in a typical week(NCLS 2001). The Catholic Church is the largest denomination with around half of all church attenders, followed by the Anglican Church with 12% (NCLS 2001). The average […]
Number of Adults Who Don’t Attend Church Service Doubles
From Mark Tindall (October 2004): Wednesday, May. 5, 2004 Posted: 5:43:38AM EST The most recent study released by the Barna Research Group showed that the number of unchurch adults – those not having attended church services other than for special occasions – doubled from 39 million to 75 million since 1991. The survey, which was […]
Leadership Insights
I am indebted to my friend Paul Arnott for this Leadership wisdom… Shalom! Rowland Croucher ~~~ LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS NOVEMBER 2005 In this edition some thoughts from me on the importance of seeing the big picture as leaders, Chad Hall reflects on the state of the North American church and we hear from author Larry Crabb, […]
Responsible Leadership
By Kim Thoday In James Michner’s novel Chesapeake he describes the migration patterns of geese. The most interesting part of this phenomenon for me is how the leader of the flock at the apex of the “V” formation is constantly changing. The bird that flies at the point of the V is buffeted by strong […]
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