Date October 2016
Shar ing OURFait h New Hope's M onthly Newsletter
EXPERIENCINGANDEXPRESSINGOURFAITH Rev. St eve Nor den , Sen i or Past or nor den@NewHopeWor ship.com ? 614.766.5445 ? NewHopeWor ship.com/Pa stor Steve
NEWHOPECHURCH A M inistry of the Reformed Church in America
Rev. St eph en M . Nor den , Sen i or Past or Rev. Sar ah E. Pal sm a, Associ at e Past or
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SUNDAYWORSHIPSCHEDULE (beginning Septem ber 18)
9:00AM Contem por ar y Wor ship Sunday School for ages 3 thr ough 5th Gr ade
10:15AM Sunday School for Adults and Youth Pr aise School for ages 3 thr ough 5th Gr ade
11:15AM Tr aditional Wor ship School House Sunday School for Kids
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Pow el l , OH 43065 614.766.5445 New HopeWor sh i p.com .........................
On Sunday after noon, Septem ber 18, I sent an em ail to our chur ch m ailing list w ith an invitation to par ticipate in a sur vey. The sur vey w as pr om pted by Geor ge Bar na?s "State of the Chur ch 2016" r epor t in w hich he analyzed the over all health of the chur ch in Am er ica. For those of you w ho ar e unfam iliar w ith Geor ge Bar na, he is, in my opinion, the for em ost chur ch sociologist in the U.S.A. Bar na identified seven cr iter ia that indicate how Am er icans exper ience and expr ess their faith. Those cr iter ia w er e the basis of the sur vey that I conducted and I w as ver y encour aged by the r esponses w e r eceived. Befor e I tell you w hat the r esponses r evealed, let?s explor e the validity of the data. Fir st, please note that this w as an anonym ous sur vey, and those w ho r esponded w er e not per sonally identified. The sur vey link w as em ailed to 596 em ail addr esses. Sever al of the r ecipients ar e not m em ber s or r egular attendees of New Hope Chur ch so I asked them to r efr ain fr om answ er ing the sur vey. The em ail w as opened by 330 individuals, for a 55.4% open r ate that is quite exceptional. Of the 330 w ho r ead the em ail, 148 people clicked on the link to the sur vey that r epr esents 24.8% of potential r espondents. Of the 148 r espondents w ho clicked on the link to the sur vey, 110 individuals com pleted the sur vey. I think that?s ter r ific! So, w hat did the sur vey r eveal? Her e is the data on how the Am er ican populace exper ience and expr ess their faith:
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The Barna Group, 9/15/2016, w w w.ba r na .or g. Used with permission.
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