Churches closing and pastors leaving ! American church statistics have reported [via Goodmanson]: •In America, 3500 – 4000 churches close their doors each year •Half of all churches last year did not add one new member through conversion growth •Churches lose an estimated 2,765,000 people each year to nominalism and secularism The 3,500-4,000 U.S. churches annual closure count is also cited by Ed Stetzer in “Planting New Churches in a Postmodern Age.” Excerpted from The Condition of the Church in America, complied by Andy McAdams [via #mmi, 2005]: •1,400 pastors in America leave the ministry monthly. •Only 15% of churches in the United States are growing and just 2.2% of those are growing by conversion growth. •10,000 churches in America disappeared in a five-year period. “Fifteen hundred pastors leave the ministry each month due to moral failure, spiritual burnout, or contention in their churches.” [Source: “Death by Ministry” (slides + audio) by Darrin Patrick @ The Journey. It was re-published on Mark Driscoll’s blog — no longer available.] One blog post attributed these findings to Shiloh Place Ministries (shilohplace.org), which drew its information from Focus on the Family, Ministries Today, Charisma Magazine, TNT Ministries, and other respected groups: •1,500 pastors leave the ministry permanently each month in America. •7,000 churches close each year in America.
Posted on: Thu, 25 Dec 2014 18:53:49 +0000
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