ChurchVenture: Another Salvation at ONEBLAZE 2008

Saturday, July 26, 2008

Another Salvation at ONEBLAZE 2008

After years of church attendance and coming to ONEBLAZE, Emily from Union, Missouri realized she needed to give her whole life to Jesus and become a Christian. She is full of joy now and feels Gods presence with her. See my short video interview ...

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North America needs more churches:

85% of churches are plateaued or declining ^[ref]
Each year 3,750 churches close. Only 1,300 start ^[ref]
80% of Americans are "Christian" ^[ref], only 21% relate to church ^[ref]
FACT: Not enough churches exist to reverse the current trend
Starting new churches was the strategy of Jesus' first followers ^[ref]
Studies show new churches are the most effective way to engage the unchurched & re-energize existing churches ^[ref]
More reasons for starting new churches [PDF article]

Churches worldwide are growing:

China went from 1.5 to 90 million Christians in the last 40 years ^[ref]
Christianity in Vietnam grew 600% over the last decade ^[ref]
In the last 100 years Korea went from 1% to 40% Christian ^[ref]
In the last 100 years Africa went from 9% to 55% Christian ^[ref]

Churches benefit society because:

Church volunteers give over $6 billion to charities each year ^[ref]
In the last 30 years church volunteers helped build houses for over 1 million low income people ^[ref]
Couples who consistently relate to a church have the lowest divorce risk ^[ref]. Kids raised inside marriage disproportionately have better health, education & suffer less from substance abuse & violence ^[ref]
Church volunteers helping prisoners complete faith programs dramatically reduces re-incarceration to 8%, vs. non-completes 36.3% ^[ref]
Youth with high church involvement have lower rates of serious crime than those from "good areas" ^[ref]
Churches support over 4,000 crisis pregnancy centers ^[ref]
Too many other things to mention

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Saturday, July 26, 2008

Another Salvation at ONEBLAZE 2008

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