Christian Culture Analyst Recaps 2006 Church Trends, Future Directions
By Fred Jackson
December 29, 2006

(AgapePress) - Christian researcher George Barna has outlined what he considers his most significant findings for 2006. Among these is his assessment that, although large majorities of the public claim to be "deeply spiritual" and say that their religious faith is "very important" in their life, only 15 percent of those who regularly attend a Christian church ranked their relationship with God as their top priority.

Barna, who has been conducting national public opinion surveys and cultural analysis for 25 years, notes that even clergy have to compete for people's attention and acceptance in contemporary American society. "One of the reasons that the Christian faith is struggling to retain a toehold in people's lives," he contends, "is because even the highest-profile leaders of the faith community have limited resonance with the population." the rest