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Originally Posted by TRFrance
Esther, I remember reading somewhere a few years back that the retention rate in Evanelical churches is appallingly low... something like 20% of "new believers"; and the retention rate for people who "accept Jesus as their savior" at Billy Graham's crusades -- even lower.
The evanglical movement has more than their share of problems with retention. There are many articles out there that show this pretty clearly, such as: "Despite their packed megachurches, their political clout and their increasing visibility on the national stage, evangelical Christian leaders are warning one another that their teenagers are abandoning the faith in droves. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/06/us...ed=1&th&emc=th
"Craig Rench, pastor of First Church of the Nazarene in Anaheim, California, studied local church cell leader multiplication and made some alarming observations. "Retention rates among American evangelical churches range from 2 percent to 16 percent. Retention rate is the percentage of new believers who are still in the church one year after conversion."
http://www.nph.com/nphweb/html/h2ol/...ediaId=2383625
...But there are some folks here who will never talk about that. |
Good post, TRFrance! I have known this to be true and we do have friends - believe it or not - that are not UPC. We get to hear about their church problems too!
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