Christianity in the US: Six Megathemes Emerge from Barna Group Research in 2010

December 13, 2010

Change usually happens slowly in the Church. But a review of the past year's research conducted by the Barna Group provides a time-lapse portrayal of how the religious environment in the U.S. is morphing into something new.

Analyzing insights drawn from more than 5,000 non-proprietary interviews conducted over the past 11 months, George Barna indicated that the following patterns were evident in the survey findings.

1. The Christian Church is becoming less theologically literate.....
2. Christians are becoming more ingrown and less outreach-oriented...
3. Growing numbers of people are less interested in spiritual principles and more desirous of learning pragmatic solutions for life...
5. The postmodern insistence on tolerance is winning over the Christian Church...
6. The influence of Christianity on culture and individual lives is largely invisible...

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