Thirty three
percent of clergy and thirty
six percent of laymen report
having visited
a sexually
explicit web site.
Christianity
Today survey, August 2000
The divorce
rate of born-again
Christians (32%) is higher
than that of atheists and
agnostics (30%).
Barna Research Group 2008
We rarely find
substantial differences
between the moral behavior
of Christians and
non-Christians.
George Barna, Founder,
Barna Research Group
You are the salt of the
earth; but if the salt has
become tasteless, how can it
be made salty again?
It is no longer good for
anything, except to be
thrown out and trampled
under foot by men.
Jesus, Matthew 5:13
Aren’t you tired of seeing
statistics like the ones at
the top of this page? Tired
of the church having so
little impact on a lost and
dying world?
We, the body of Christ, are
supposed to be salt. Look
around. How are we doing?
By and large, instead of the
church making the world
thirsty for the Living
Water, we have become so
worldly ourselves that we
are in danger of losing our
savor altogether. The
Western church, the American
church, Louisiana’s
churches, BAGBR churches,
maybe even your church—is in
desperate need of revival.
Not a revival meeting.
Revival.
Revival is not a special
event to win the lost. It
is a time when God’s people,
both individually and
corporately, humble
themselves, cry out to God
in repentance and return to
a fresh, empowered, obedient
love relationship with Him.
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