2005 - The State Of The Church - How Are We Doing?

In this week’s Barna Update they release the annual tracking data regarding the faith of Americans. Drawn from a new report by George Barna – The State of the Church: 2005 – the new research compares people’s religious beliefs and practices to levels measured through identical national surveys conducted by Barna since 1991. Measures studied range from church attendance and Bible reading to beliefs regarding the holiness of Christ and how many adults are born again. In general, the report shows there has been amazingly little change in most measures during the past 15 years. One dimension where change is noteworthy, though, is in the percentage of people reading the Bible. To find out more about the changes in America’s faith, check out this week’s Barna Update, now posted on our website. Click on the link below or go to the Barna Group home page at www.barna.org.