Topic #2: Church Movements’ Burden – The Missional Gap

In the past few decades radical and rapid cultural changes have occurred in the U.S. in the spheres of technology, the economy, politics, communication, norms of family, social, and societal behaviors, etc.. These changes profoundly shape our mission. It is imperative to understand the need for missional involvement.

• Currently the USA is the 5th largest nation with the most non-Christians residing within it’s borders. 168 million Americans describe themselves as non-Christians.
• 55 M foreign born immigrants, “Diaspora People” reside in the USA. One out of seven living in the U.S.A. are foreign-born.
• Each year between 3,850 to 7,700 churches close in the United States (75 to 150 congregations per week). Only 3000 new churches are planted.
• 52% of church attenders are saying that their church is doing a great job on discipling people, but only 1% of the church leaders think it’s true
• 51% of Christians don’t know the Great Commission at all. Only 17% have heard the GC and know what it means. Only 10% of the millennials church-goers have heard about the GC.
• Almost Half of Practicing Christian Millennials Say Evangelism Is Wrong: Almost half of Millennials (47%) agree at least somewhat that it is wrong to share one’s personal beliefs with someone of a different faith in hopes that they will one day share the same faith.
• Millennials won’t share their faith, they think it’s morally wrong.