Churchless

they received such a visit.

Overall, just one out of seven (14 percent) unchurched adults in the United States appears open to trying a new church. Yet, projected across the aggregate unchurched universe, this percentage represents nearly 16 million people—not a sum of souls to dismiss! And the figure may actually be more promising than imagined: only two-fifths of these

One other relational approach that drew a surprisingly strong positive response was receiving an in-home visit from the pastor or a church member to discuss the possibility of attending the church.

In the 1990s, roughly one out of every seven unchurched adults had never experienced regular church attendance. Today, that percentage has increased to nearly one-quarter.

This raises some red flags for the many churches whose battle cry is “ministry is about relationships.” The skeptics are not as enamored of relational bonds as

Less than one out of every five unchurched households (18 percent) is a “traditional family”

groups of people who share a common physical space and have some common religious views, but are not personally connected to each other in meaningful or life-changing ways organizations that add little, if any, value to their communities; their greatest value stems from the limited times they serve the needy in the community organizations that stan

In fact, the unchurched are nearly twice as likely as the churched to never have been married, and twice as likely to

The Actively Churched Are More Likely to Experience Positive Life Outcomes Life outcome experienced Actively churched Unchurched Am making a positive difference in the worlda 86% 67% Happyb 85 80 Have deep, soul connections with my friendsc 82 69 Believe I am fulfilling my calling in lifed 81 64 Stressed outb 32 37 Lonelyb 15 22