The US Population has increased by more than 30% since 1980. Membership in the churches of Christ throughout the nation has increased by less than 3% in the same time period.
Dr. Flavil YeakleyGood News and Bad News: A realistic Assessment of churches of Christ in the United States 2008 (pp. 26)
These statistics bring up some very important questions…
- Is the Word of God now ineffective in the 21st Century?
NO!
- Is our culture unable to respond to God’s message?
NO!
- What does this say about our evangelism?
We have to step up our game.
We have got to adapt our approach to the culture of today.
How?
1st we have to find the people…
Where are the People?
More than 200 million people in the US are using the internet (www.internetworldstats.com)
The number of people online is increasing by 50% a year (University of Minnesota)
Is the internet effective?
- Many church websites report over 1000 hits per month – People are going online to look for a church.
- Facebook has 200+ Million users worldwide – People are going to the internet to find and facilitate relationships.
- Florida quaterback, Tim Tebow writes John 3:16 on his face during a nationally televised championship game on January 8,2009. Interestingly, John 3:16 became the #1 online Google search of the day – People are going online to access truth.
How do we engage them online?
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