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The “Unchurched”

I’m not crazy about calling people “unchurched” because it sounds like they’re in the wrong—it’s not politically correct. But, Barna’s at it again with some very interesting statistics.

Number of Unchurched Adults Has Nearly Doubled Since 1991

An examination of a dozen demographic attributes showed that unchurched adults differ from the churched population in at least four dimensions.

• Men dominate the ranks of the unchurched
• The median age of U.S. adults is 43, but it is just 38 among the unchurched
• Unchurched people are more likely than other to be single and to never have been married
• Unchurched are also attracted to the coastal regions of the nation

These stats just convey the fact that the church is on its way out as a place people want to spend their time. It’s becoming fairly obvious to me that we need to do something as a church and churches to attract more people. The largest and mostly unanswered question I still have is, “What in the world are we going to do?”

But I also wonder if the church is willing to do something, anything to make a difference.

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