NAMB's Center for Missional Research recently partnered with Zogby International to learn what questions Americans are asking about spiritual issues. Results are now available from the 1,200 telephone interviews conducted by Zogby in late March, 2006. Read More(pdf).

The standard evangelistic approach for several decades has begun with the question, “If you were to die today do you know for sure you would go to heaven?” I must confess, I typically do not use this approach because I have assumed that there are few people outside of hospital beds or foxholes actually asking the question. My assumption was that our survey would prove that to be the case. I was wrong.  View PowerPoint® & Graphs.

In recent years, much has been written and said about the global mission field within North America. The recent flood of immigrants, international students, and guest workers has risen to high levels.

• For instance, Canada, with its supportive immigration policies, is now 18 percent foreign-born. In fact, it is estimated that Canada’s largest city, Toronto, contains over two million foreignborn residents—half of its population.
• The United States has also experienced substantial migration waves the past few decades. The percentage of foreign-born has risen from 4.7 percent in 1970 to 12.5 percent in 2005. The U.S. Census Bureau projects that half of the United States will be of a different race or ethnicity than non-Hispanic white by 2050.

What can be assessed from these statistics? How have we performed as a denomination in including North American people groups into our ministries and missions strategy? 

Read full report (pdf).