State of Evangelism Today
Since 1990 the Church in the U.S. is experiencing a
significant decline, while the population is growing rapidly. This creates a
large and growing gap.
Facts There are an estimated 190 million
non-Christians1, which would equal the 4th largest nation
in the world2
85% of all evangelical churches have
"evangelism" in their mission statement
Less than 5% of
Christians in a typical church are personally involved in
evangelism3
A typical church spends less than 2%
of their budget on local evangelism4
Only 9% of
pastors and 2% of lay people say they are gifted, and most do
not feel adequately trained in
evangelism5
1 George Barna, Re-Churching The
Unchurched (Ventura, CA: Issachar Resources, 2000) 12. www.barna.org 2 See
www.gazetteer.de, after China, India, and Indonesia. 3 TEI
calculation based on information from George Barna, Evangelism That
Works (Ventura, CA: Gospel Light, 1995) 23. www.barna.org 4 George Barna,
Evangelism That Works (Ventura, CA: Gospel Light, 1995) 84. www.barna.org 5
George Barna, Evangelism That Works (Ventura, CA: Gospel Light,
1995) 84. www.barna.org
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