Barna Update for Jan. 9
The Barna Update: by George Barna -January 9, 2006-
Do you ever wonder why you hear from most religious leaders that America is spiritually healthy, but you see scant evidence of it in your daily wanderings? In this week’s Barna Update we address the gap between perception and reality regarding the health of the Christian body in America by comparing pastors’ views of the spiritual commitment of their congregants and the self-evaluation of churched adults regarding their devotion to God. The distance between these two perspectives is breathtaking. The adages “you get what you measure” and “you see what you want to see” go a long way toward explaining the spiritual condition of the nation – and the generally upbeat view of pastors regarding the spiritual condition of their congregants. Read up on how people and their pastors describe faith commitment in this week’s Barna Update. Click on the link below or go to The Barna Group’s home page at www.barna.org
Click here to read the full article.Does this seem a little strange? How can religious leaders see spiritual commitment in their congregations but those same congregants deny it? What would these same leaders think if there was real commitment in their congregations? I have to agree with the adage mentioned above "you see what you want to see". How true. How sad for the church in America.
1 Comments:
At 9:18 PM, Peter Shaw said…
I must say that I reflect frequently about writing things that are oftentimes so negative about the American Church, as there is always a danger with our sinful selves of being self-righteous. That said however, in my travels, I find minimal evidence of true worship among the majority of professing American Christians. That the leaders see things so differently may be a large reason for this problem.
God Bless,
Peter Shaw
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