Barna's Poll Themes for the Year

Geroge Barna, the Christian pollster, has put out the four main themes found in their polls this year. First up was that Americans are more interested in faith and spirituality than in Christianity. Second, faith, in the American context, is now individual and customized and they want to participate in the shaping of that faith experience. Third, Biblical literacy is neither a current reality nor a goal in the U.S. And, fourth, effective and periodic measurement of spirituality – conducted personally or through a church – is not common at this time and it is not likely to become common in the near future.

I realize the first three, especially, look bad for Christianity, but actually this same thing has happend at least three to four times before in our history from around 1700 to the present. Then, at the crucial times, God sends a revival and the country shapes up a little. Hopefully, that will happen here too, although it better happen soon, agreed?

For the whole article from Barna.org, which goes into more detail about the above four themes, go to this site.