The Casual Christian

• Church attendance is declining at the rate of 13% per year.

• In 2005 the number of Americans who identified themselves as Protestant dropped below 50% for the first time.

• At the current rate, a majority of Americans will identify themselves as non-Christian by 2035.

• By 2050 Islam will overtake Christianity as the world's largest religion.

• The fastest growing church in America is Wicca. Although small, their numbers are doubling every 30 months.

• Nearly four out of ten non-churchgoing Americans avoid church because of negative experiences with church people.

• Average church giving is only four percent of income.

• Ninety-five percent of Christians have never led anyone to the Lord.

• Sixty-three percent of pastors have not led anyone to the Lord in the past two years.

• Forty-nine percent of pastors spend no time ministering outside the church during the week.

• Christians have the same divorce rate, the same obsession with pornography, and many of the same values as the rest of society - so  much so  that they cannot easily be distinguished from non-Christians.

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