Winning the World

46 Wi nn i ng the Wor l d: Fac i l i tat i ng Urban Chur ch P l ant i ng Movement s

D. 77 million American adults who are churched and born again do not conform to the seven core passions of revolutionary transformative Christian experience .

1. Regarding worship : weak, uncompelling, unbenefical worship, pp. 31-32

2. Regarding faith-based conversations : unfruitful, non-intercessory lives with no focus on outreach, p. 32

3. Regarding intentional spiritual growth : Most churched Christians have a non-biblical worldview that doesn’t affect their daily lives and decisions, spending more time watching TV than reading Scripture, defining success in secular not spiritual terms, pp. 32-33.

4. Regarding resource investment : only give about 3% of their income to outreach, very few tithers, narrow views of stewardship, with few examples of key investment of their resources which have made a difference, pp. 33-34

5. Regarding servanthood : few volunteers, most time given to fellow congregants, with no interaction with disadvantaged people, with focus on giving to organizations who serve, not their own service, p. 34

6. Regarding spiritual friendships : little spiritual accountability, little impact of preaching and counseling from other Christians, most impact from messages of media, law, and family members

7. Regarding family faith : rely on church to train their children spiritually, little family worship outside of the church, same rate of divorce among churched members, little facilitation of spiritual development by churched Christian parents, p. 35