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An Ellison Research study reveals how involved U.S. Protestant churches are in evangelism and community outreach
- The research found that only three types of outreach are offered by U.S. Protestant churches.
- Food oriented donations tops the list at 73 percent of churches
- Vacation Bible School (68 percent)
- Holiday food programs for poor families during Christmas or Thanksgiving (65 percent).
- Other types of community outreach offered by much smaller proportions of churches in the last year include:
- prison ministry (25 percent)
- homeless outreach (24 percent)
- Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts (20 percent)
- blood drives (17 percent)
- after-school programs for kids (14 percent)
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Date: 1/4/2007
Missional Network Launches in Response to Young Leader Task Force recommendations
Several months ago a group of missional leaders came together to form NAMB's Young Leader Task Force. This task force was really more about a mindset than age or ministry style. Leaders from various backgrounds, ethnicities, and ministry paradigms were invited to discuss ideas and thoughts on how NAMB could be more effective in assisting missional churches in sharing Christ and starting new churches. The unifying vision for these young leaders was that they were missional-minded, and that the churches they lead can be identified as missional churches.
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Date: 12/15/2006
Pew Survey indicates that more churches are using the internet
- 83% of those responding to our survey say that their use of the Internet has helped Congregational life
- 25% say it has helped a great deal
- 81% say the use of email by ministers, staffs, and congregation members has helped the spiritual life of the congregation to some extent
- 35% say it has helped a great deal
- 91% say email has helped congregation members and members of the staff stay more in touch with each other
- 51% say it has helped a great deal
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Date: 12/12/2006
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