Saturday, October 16, 2010

What do you think about Church?

Recently, I conducted an online survey with simple questions about church and asked friends on Facebook to take the survey.  Only 22 people responded to the survey, but I think it gives us a clear picture of the status of several things.  See below;

1. What age group do you fall into?  36.4% of those responding were between the ages of 27 and 35.
2. Which type of music do you like best? This was a tie between "Modern rock/Contemporary" and "Gospel" both having 36.4%
3. Where do you feel most relaxed?  An overwhelming 45.5% responded "Home" while only 4.5% responded "Church".
4. Do you attend church at least once a week? 81.8% responded "Yes"
5. What denomination best describes you? An overwhelming 77.3% responded, "Southern Baptist"
6.  Do you enjoy your time at church? (Be honest) 72.7% responded yes
7.  What do you like most about church? 68.2% said they like the "Message/sermon" best
8. What do you dislike most about church?  This is one that is interesting to me.  Above, we so many things that participants like about church, but the number one thing they dislike the most about church is, "The lack of sincerity with 56.3% of the vote.
9. If you could change anything about church, what would it be?  This was a short essay response with only 11 out of 22 participant responding.  See below for what they had to say;

1.
First off, am I really middle age? :-) #8 is the hardest question to answer. I really enjoy my church (Brushy Creek, Easley). While it is not perfect i believe most are sincere, the music is uplifting and glorifying. The preaching is by the Book. Dislike the most about church... let the lost see Christ's love in us. Keep the rules/regulations (dress right, look right, smell right, etc) in the middle school.
Fri, Oct 15, 2010 3:45 AM
2.
That I could go everynight, or at anytime I needed to just go in and pray at the alter. Open doors 24-7 but I understand why we can't...thiefs & vandels. And NO I am NOT catholic.
Thu, Oct 14, 2010 10:27 PM
3.
the pastor
Mon, Oct 11, 2010 11:00 PM
4.
The way some people act like they are better than others but then again i guess you find that everywhere!
Mon, Oct 11, 2010 6:32 PM
5.
Staet earlier on Sunday.
Mon, Oct 11, 2010 5:53 PM
6.
Matthew I can not answer #8. There is nothing that I dislike about church and being there. Dont know that I would change anything, I do wish more people would yield to the Holy Spirit and His call.
Mon, Oct 11, 2010 5:23 PM
7.
Nothing
Sun, Oct 10, 2010 7:12 PM
8.
i would change the messages the pastor preaches. sometimes it seems like the preacher is just talking and not really preaching from the bible.
Sun, Oct 10, 2010 6:05 PM
9.
the church as an institution instead of as a place for healing,salvation,and worship
Sun, Oct 10, 2010 4:37 PM
10.
To stop worrying about the small thing, God will take care of those.
Sun, Oct 10, 2010 11:17 AM
11.
Get more people in the church, have the people already in church be there for God, not for appearance.

It appears to me that we are not successful in our presentation of the modern day church.  It's clear to me that most people don't feel like their needs are met by the church as indicated in Questions # 8 identifying the lack of sincerity.  How do we fix such a problem?  We know now that what one of our major problems as the church is, now let's work to fix it.

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