Sunday 21 May 2017

Church score - 2 out of 10

There's new research data about faith in Australia. It's surprisingly interesting reading.

They asked how often people attend church. Remember they're asking Christians.


2 out of 10 Christians attend weekly
Even Christians don't go to church each week. Church seems to operate as if we all do, but it's very much exception to the rule. Perhaps we shouldn't feel (or be made to feel) guilty about that.

Half don't attend in a whole year
This is probably the bigger wake-up call. Half of Christians don't want anything to do with church. Not even for Christmas or Easter.

This has to be the ultimate example of "they love Jesus but hate the church". How have Christianity and church come to be so distinct from each other?

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