In the U.S.
–Established churches grew by 0.0% in this decade.
–Church membership declined 9.5%
–No county in America has a greater percentage of churched persons today than a decade ago.
–Half of all churches last year did not add one new member through “conversion growth”.
–There are 72 churches lost per week and 24 churches gained per week. That’s a net loss of 48 churches per week.
–North America is the only continent where Christianity is not growing.
Reference: Lost in America, Tom Clegg
Globally
–There are still thousands of unreached people groups in Asia, Africa and Latin America
–The Islamic world now represents 1 in every 5 people on earth and it remains largely unreached by the gospel of Jesus Christ.
–The majority of unreached people groups do not have the scripture in their own language and many do not have even have one Christian working among them.
–Europe, once a bastion of Christian faith, has become neo-pagan.
–At the same time, the church is growing rapidly in Asia, Africa and Latin America—especially among the poor and non-literate
–But with this remarkable growth (often “inch deep & mile wide) now comes the tremendous need to equip church leaders to plant, grow & multiply Gospel-Centered Churches that not only see conversions (evangelism) but also truly transform lives (discipleship/spiritual formation) and cultures (societal transformation/acts of mercy & justice).