Sentences with phrase «of unchurched»

The poll found that 14 percent of those unchurched who had listened to or watched a religious radio or television program in the past 30 days had considered becoming active in a church again as a result of it.

On the other hand, it ties in with another finding of the same study: that 52 percent of the unchurched could see a situation where they could become a fairly active member of a church and would be open to an invitation from a church community.

The ease with which many disconnect their individual faiths from institutional belonging is revealed in a study of the unchurched in Appalachia: 80 per cent engaged in religious activities every week — activities ranging from prayer to reading, from watching religious television programs to conversations with others or visits to ministers (David H. Smith et al., Participation in Social and Political Activities [Jossey - Bass, 1980], p. 222).

Although many of the unchurched expressed gratitude for what they had received from Sunday school, their personal faiths, like cut flowers, had stopped growing.

Not only have those who rejoin had early experiences with the church, but many of the unchurched also say that they carry with them a legacy from their churchgoing days.

They already know believers — 89 % of the unchurched have at least one close friend who is Christian, Stetzer noted.

Dannin contends that the «voice of the unchurched» has been repressed by the black church's command of African - American history.

Dannin also introduces what he admits is a «taboo» subject: that a portion of «African - American society has always been unchurched,» that African - American lodges have traditionally been centers of unchurched religious practices and beliefs,» and that since the end of the civil rights era unchurched African - Americans «have been moving more rapidly toward Islam.»

LifeWay Research is currently doing research in Brazil, using an adapted version of the Transformational Church research and also studying the views of the unchurched.

If you're trying to win the hearts of the unchurched, then many of the marketing tactics achieve the exact opposite of what they want.

(Schuller wisely suggests that churches should not touch off the «hang - ups» of the unchurched.

Almost every question I raised he used as an opportunity to talk about reaching the unchurched: «Our goal is to reach just one - one hundredth of the unchurched people in Chicago.

Whether our testimony comes from center stage anymore or from the sociological and statistical periphery, it is needed for the sake of the church's completeness and for the sake of the unchurched.

But, unfortunately, that is not the image that millions of unchurched people ever see.

According to Lifeway research, 66 percent of churched young adults rated the opportunity to meet the needs of others (locally and globally) as extremely important in their lives, and 47 percent of unchurched young adults said the same.

Finally, the language of worship needs to incorporate more modern images relevant to a large population of unchurched younger people who do not have world views like our own.

What we meant to model was the sending of one of our number to be a foreign missionary — to learn a new language, to understand a local culture, to sacrifice the amenities of affluence and to live knowing that he or she is always being watched by seekers — while the rest of us stay here as lifetime local missionaries, learning to speak the language of the unchurched, understanding secular culture, sacrificing the amenities of affluence and living as a «watched» person in a society that is skeptical of Christian spirituality until it sees the real thing on display.

Churches gain and lose members in two ways: by the natural process of births and deaths, and by luring people from — or losing them to — other churches or the ranks of the unchurched.

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Not exact matches

C. S. Lewis offers a modern example of effective apologetics in an unchurched world.

However I find it invaluable as a place to take my pagan unchurched friends and have them taught the word by people more knowledgeable and grace - filled than I. Also as a place to be encouraged to hold the course and not revert to the old me which prefers kicking a ** and taking names over compassion, concern and giving my time / resources to the benefit of other.

Liberals pick up 2 per cent of their members from the unchurched but lose 8 per cent to that group, for a net loss of 6 per cent.

The pastor felt that the church was neglecting the unchurched, and he came back from a seminar at Saddleback Community Church with «a clear sense of God's mission.»

In terms of intimacy, I find my closet friends come as much churched as unchurched; but above all that I need to worship to receive and give thanks, in good times and in bad.

My the worship comitte of my congregation has decided to give the «prime spot (9:00)» for services to the unchurched.

Over six years, more than 4,000 unchurched mystery guests visited churches of all sizes across the U.S.. Here's what they thought.

In a smaller than small Vermont town, I was the shy new girl, the daughter of the visiting preacher; she was the bubbly, outgoing girl from the unchurched family.

The majority of us are «unchurched.»

But the God of the gospel is for them also the God of the law, at work in the secular realm where the churched and the unchurched share a common ground.

I suppose, being raised «unchurched,» I «read» the Scriptures a bit differently than many «people of the Book.»

In Pritchard's assessment, unchurched Harry represents only about 15 percent of those attending Willow Creek on a weekend.

«C3 is an event and an ongoing resource that teaches Christians of all denominations and the unchurched how to create courageous conversations that do not ruin relationships.

Female «pastors / bishops» wrecked the Mainline Protestant Churches with liberal theology and reduced the general population of men extremely selfish, lazy and indifferent or unchurched.

The problem of a society rapidly becoming unchurched deserves a radical solution.

Is this pragmatic, consumer - oriented approach to the unchurched the way of the future for churches in North America?

He is the co-author of Lost and Found: The Younger Unchurched and The Churches That Reach Them.

Analysis of every level of community, from hometown to global village, targets the unchurched and vaguely churched with as much intention to remedy their deprivation and oppression as do strategies of relief and liberation.

Christians were «so judgemental» however the people that «embraced me» were the «unchurched» through introducing me to therapy with a personal counselor as well a providing emotinal support through checking on me daily or taking care of my home and child when I couldn't.

The church had little sense of ministry to the unchurched, the marginal, the poor, or to those who were not of northern European ancestry.

Our goal was to establish an atmosphere of hospitality for the unchurched.

«One youth leader brought twelve unchurched young guys, one of whom had a particularly difficult home life and responded to a word Ali gave concerning a parent having medical tests in the coming week.

Meanwhile, through conversations with my undergraduate students, I had become intrigued with a movement of churches that had roots in Southern California and was spreading across the country — churches that appealed especially to unchurched baby boomers and baby busters.

I might privately believe that my position was the «only» truly Christian one, and I might publicly do all I could to persuade people of its truth, but I would be unjustified in seeking to unchurch or to deny the name of Christian to those who disagree with me.

When I began reading the Bible, I had zero knowledge of anything about Christianity or any faith, because I was unchurched and never read a thing on any religion.

In an environment where so many of the «unchurched» have an image of Christianity derived exclusively from childhood Sunday school and from television evangelists, the announcement of substantive discussions - with hard questions welcome - provides an alternative image of Christian faith.

Of course, don't unchurched people sing at concerts?

Roof believes the «habits of the heart» generation is not so much an unchurched generation as a spiritually restless one.

Best of all, even though Unchurching is a critical look at the church and contains a call for people to follow Jesus away from the four walls of Christendom, the book is incredibly gracious and kind.

Nearly 90 percent of the members were unchurched before arriving at Central Park.

Not only did the Great Awakening account for the new status of the Presbyterians and Baptists and the arrival of the Methodists; it also resulted in a new way to reach the many unchurched.