Stats & Facts

1. Stats & Facts North America is the only continent on earth where the church is not growing.

2. Stats & Facts North America is the only continent on earth where the church is not growing. Only 17.5% of the U.S. population attends church on a regular Sunday.

3. Stats & Facts North America is the only continent on earth where the church is not growing. Only 17.5% of the U.S. population attends church on a regular Sunday. 85% of the churches in America are either plateaued or in decline.

4. Stats & Facts North America is the only continent on earth where the church is not growing. Only 17.5% of the U.S. population attends church on a regular Sunday. 85% of the churches in America are either plateaued or in decline. Only 12% of children raised in Bible believing churches stay in the church after age 18.

5. Stats & Facts North America is the only continent on earth where the church is not growing. Only 17.5% of the U.S. population attends church on a regular Sunday. 85% of the churches in America are either plateaued or in decline. Only 12% of children raised in Bible believing churches stay in the church after age 18. The U.S. is now the fourth largest mission field on earth.

6. LifeWay Research Survey: The negative perception is about church, not Jesus himself.

7. LifeWay Research Survey: The negative perception is about church, not Jesus himself. 79% think Christianity is more about religion than loving God and loving people.

8. LifeWay Research Survey: The negative perception is about church, not Jesus himself. 79% think Christianity is more about religion than loving God and loving people. 72% think the church is full of hypocrites.

9. LifeWay Research Survey: The negative perception is about church, not Jesus himself. 79% think Christianity is more about religion than loving God and loving people. 72% think the church is full of hypocrites. 86% believe they can have a good relationship with God without being involved in the church.

10. LifeWay Research Survey: The negative perception is about church, not Jesus himself. 79% think Christianity is more about religion than loving God and loving people. 72% think the church is full of hypocrites. 86% believe they can have a good relationship with God without being involved in the church. 78% said they would be willing to listen to someone who wanted to talk about their Christian beliefs.

11. 1829-1912 Founder of the Salvation Army William Booth

14. Job 24:12 The groans of the dying rise from the city, and the souls of the wounded cry out for help.

15. According to Booth’s vision: Job 24:12 The groans of the dying rise from the sea, and the souls of the drowning cry out for help.

16. Matt 13:44 The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.

17. Gen 1:11 Then God said, "Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds." And it was so.

18. Gen 1:12 The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds.

19. Gen 1:22-23 God blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth."

20. Gen 1:28 God blessed them (Adam and Eve) and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number."

21. Prov 11:30 The fruit of the righteous is a (seed-bearing) tree of life, and he who wins (or saves) souls is wise.

22. Matt 10:5-10 These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: "Do not go among the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans. Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel. As you go, preach this message:

23. 'The kingdom of heaven is near.' Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.

24. Luke 15:1-10 Now the tax collectors and "sinners" were all gathering around to hear him. But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law (the untouchables) muttered, "This man welcomes sinners and eats with them."

25. Then Jesus told them this parable: "Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Does he not leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes home.

26. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, 'Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.' I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.

27. "Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Does she not light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says,

28. 'Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.' In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents."

29. Matt 13:18-19 Listen then to what the parable of the sower means: When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.

30. Matt 13:20-21 The one who received the seed that fell on rocky places is the man who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. But since he has no root, he lasts only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away.

31. Matt 13:22 The one who received the seed that fell among the thorns is the man who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke it, making it unfruitful.

32. Matt 13:23 But the one who received the seed that fell on good soil is the man who hears the word and understands it. He produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixtyor thirtytimes what was sown.

33. Matt 25:14-15 Again, (the kingdom of God) will be like a man (Jesus) going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his property to them. To one he gave five talents of money, to another two talents, and to another one talent, each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey (heaven).

34. Matt 25:16-18 The man who had received the five talents went at once and put his money to work and gained five more. So also, the one with the two talents gained two more. But the man who had received the one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money.

35. John 8:12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.

36. John 9:4-5 As long as it is day, we must do the work of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. While I am in the world, I am the light of the world."

37. Matt 5:14-16 You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.

38. John 15:13 Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

39. John 17:15-19 My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.

40. John 17:20-21 My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you.

41. John 17:22-23 May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one: I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.

42. Rom 10:13 Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

43. Rom 10:14-15 How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!"

44. Jude 22-23 Be merciful to those who doubt; snatch others from the fire and save them; to others show mercy.

45. Luke 14:21-22 "Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame.' "'Sir,' the servant said, 'what you ordered has been done, but there is still room.' "

46. Luke 14:23 "Then the master told his servant, 'Go out to the roads and country lanes and make themcome in, so that my house will be full.'"