Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Bigness versus intimacy

I know surveys can be misleading. However this article from Presbyterian Outlook is titled: Survey: Megachurches more intimate, believers less gullible and the lead sentence is:


A new survey by Baylor University researchers suggests that megachurches are more intimate, believers less gullible, and atheism less prevalent than popular stereotypes would suggest.



How can that be? Again from the article:



“How does that make any sense?” Stark asked. “The answer is: That’s how they got there. Their friends brought them to church, and then they brought their friends to church, and that’s how the congregation was built.”

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