Sobering Stats from Scooter

• Churches all across America are struggling. Approximately four out of five are at a plateau or declining.
• The number of people who have any kind of churched experience is declining (churched: meaning have attended a church within 6 months). Gallop said only 40 percent of Americans are churched. Another study said only 20 percent are churched and a more recent study by David Olson said in 2003 only 17.8 percent are churched.
• 72 percent of people born from 1964-1981 are not involved in a Christian community.
• The new upcoming generation is the most widely unchurched demographic in our nations history.
• According to Barna the following is the percentage of people who are churched or have a churched experience:
• Builders – born pre-1946 – 51 percent
• Boomers – born 1946-1964 – 51 percent
• Busters – born 1965-1979 – 34 percent
• Bridgers – born 1977-1994 – 29 percent
• As low as 8 percent of those under the age of 24 attend a church.
• 75-88 percent of students going through youth ministry now, will check out of church during their freshmen year of college.
• The Mormon church has tripled its population since 1965. Then it had 1,789,175 members and now it has 5,113,409.
• More Muslims attend a mosque in England than Anglicans attend a church.

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