Group Magazine did a "Cool Church" survey, asking teenagers to rate factors that influence their commitment to church. The things most frequently rated "very important" were:
- A welcoming atmosphere where you can be yourself (73%)
- Quality relationships with other teenagers (70%)
What did teenagers rate as least important?
- A fast-paced, high-tech, entertaining ministry approach
Found this from Church Volunteer Central this morning. Ministry is about people. Nothing else matters if you don't get that right. Evangelism is done through people loving others enough to invest their lives in others. It has very little to do with cool... facilities, technology and entertainment. Impacting churches of the future will be real and raw, focused on people not the institution. Others will die a slow painful death. A couple of key points "where you can be yourself" and "quality relationships". What does that look like to you?
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