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	Desire of Generations

gtroxell

7-4-2008 1:42 PM

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barna group, church relevance, survey

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/1b75d83d-3042-4ebc-8b1c-fed75eaabc72/57248068-7BE6-466F-A31C-9584916F784E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://churchrelevance.com/your-church-and-the-american-dream/" href="http://churchrelevance.com/your-church-and-the-american-dream/" style="font-size: 11px;">churchrelevance.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://churchrelevance.com/your-church-and-the-american-dream/"><P>This week, <A target="_blank" href="http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUpdateNarrowPreview&BarnaUpdateID=301" title="Survey Details Current Vision of the American Dream">The Barna Group</A> published the results of a study investigating what makes today’s American Dream. What I find most intriguing is the growing goal of Americans to be more spiritual. It is not a drastic change, but all three spiritual areas polled in the study grew in support from previous years.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://churchrelevance.com/your-church-and-the-american-dream/"><UL>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><STRONG>75%</STRONG> of American adults in 2008 want to have a close relationship with God in the future
(<EM>5th most desired outcome in ‘08</EM>)
&gt;&gt; 70% in 2000
&gt;&gt; 74%  in 1993
&gt;&gt; 72% in 1991</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><STRONG>59%</STRONG> of American adults in 2008 want to be deeply committed to the Christian faith in the future
(<EM>11th most desired outcome in ‘08</EM>)
&gt;&gt; 53% in 2000</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><STRONG>45%</STRONG> of American adults in 2008 want to be personally active in a church in the future
(<EM>14th most desired outcome in ‘08</EM>)
&gt;&gt; 42% in 2000</LI>
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