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Lifeway Research studied common elements among 19 successful SBC churches
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Date: 1/31/2007
Financial Times/Harris Poll reveals that Americans are more likely to Believe in God
- A Financial Times/Harris Poll surveyed adults in the United States and in five European countries, measuring their religious views on various aspects and found that Americans are more likely than Europeans to believe in any form of God or Supreme Being.
- Results showed that 73 percent of Americans believe in God or Supreme Being and 62 percent of Italians expressed this belief.
- The French are the least likely with 27 percent agreeing.
- Among those who expressed their belief in a higher being, nearly half of Americans said they follow the same religious beliefs as their parents.
- Adults in Italy (62 percent) are most likely to have the same religious beliefs as their parents.
- In Great Britain, only 35 percent said the same.
- On the subject of religion and education, 68 percent of Italians said religion should be taught in state schools
- 56 percent of British adults and Germans agreed
- Adults in the United States and France are the least likely to agree with religion being taught in state schools.
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Date: 12/26/2006
Barna Sums Up 2006 Research Findings
- Barna selected the following dozen outcomes as the most significant findings of 2006.
- Although large majorities of the public claim to be “deeply spiritual” and say that their religious faith is “very important” in their life, only 15% of those who regularly attend a Christian church ranked their relationship with God as the top priority in their life.
- On average pastors believe that 70% of the adults in their congregation consider their relationship with God to be their highest priority in life.
- Three out of every four teenagers have engaged in at least one type of psychic or witchcraft-related activity.
- During the past year fewer than three out of every ten churched teenagers had received any teaching from their church about elements of the supernatural.
- While just 21% of adults consider themselves to be holy, by their own admission large numbers have no idea what “holiness” means and only one out of every three (35%) believe that God expects people to become holy.
- Four out of every five house church participants maintain some connection to a conventional church as well.
- Seven out of ten parents claim they are effective at developing the spiritual maturity of their children, but the Barna survey among 8-to-12-year-olds discovered that only one-third of them say a church has made “a positive difference” in their life
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Date: 12/20/2006
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