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A Health Checkup of U.S. Churches

A Health Checkup of U.S. Churches. www.hartfordinstitute.org/church_checkup.html. A Christian Nation of 350,000 Congregations. 80% say they are sure there is a God & belong to a faith group. 75% of Americans identify as “Christian”. 65% claim an affiliation with a congregation.

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A Health Checkup of U.S. Churches

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  1. A Health Checkup of U.S. Churches www.hartfordinstitute.org/church_checkup.html

  2. A Christian Nation of 350,000 Congregations

  3. 80% say they are sure there is a God & belong to a faith group

  4. 75% of Americans identify as “Christian”

  5. 65% claim an affiliation with a congregation

  6. 49% are claimed as adherents by all congregations

  7. 40% tell surveys they attend weekly

  8. 20% of Americans actually attend weekly

  9. A Christian Nation?

  10. Not Dying… But Changing

  11. Getting Older…

  12. Less Appealing To The Young?

  13. Getting Both Larger…And Smaller

  14. MEGA Proliferation

  15. More Solitary… And More Selective About Their Friendships

  16. The Rise of Nondenominational and Functionally-Independent Churches…

  17. Independent Churches Are Distributed Evenly Across the Country

  18. Networks Taking The Place Of Denominations?

  19. Less Vital…?

  20. Churches Have To Be Wiser… And Less Wistfully Nostalgic

  21. www.hartfordinstitute.org www.faithcommunitiestoday.org www.uscongregations.org www. youthandreligion.org www.rcms2010.org www.uscongregations.org www. thearda.com

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