Barna's 12 Most Important 2006 Findings

The Barna Group has listed what they think are their 12 Most Significant Religious Findings from their 2006 Surveys. Among them are the following:

1. Three out of every four teenagers have engaged in at least one type of psychic or witchcraft-related activity, but during the past year fewer than three out of every ten churched teenagers had received any teaching from their church about elements of the supernatural. Click here to read the entire article.

2. The notion of personal holiness has slipped out of the consciousness of the vast majority of Christians. Click here to read the entire article.

3. (I've seen this next one first hand for almost a decade) Most Americans have a period of time during their teen years when they are actively engaged in a church youth group, but most of them disengage from organized religion during their twenties. Click here to read the entire article.

4. Relatively few people – just one out of every six – believe that spiritual maturity is meant to be developed within the context of a local church or within the context of a community of faith. Click here to read the entire article.

5. (And, my personal favorite) Five of the highest-profile Christian leaders – Rick Warren, Joel Osteen, James Dobson, Tim LaHaye & T.D. Jakes – were unknown to a majority of the population, and to most Christians too. Click here to read the entire uplifting article.