If you have adopted my material for any sum of time in the previous yr, you have read me discuss continuously about the jarring studies linked to the shrinking % of Americans who have a biblical worldview (this was especially related track record context for my newest e-book, Faithfully Unique: Regaining Biblical Clarity in a Secular Culture). I have prepared and talked about a lot of different research and numbers, but two of the most pertinent information details are these: 65% of Us residents self-determine as Christians, but analysis on people’s true beliefs and behavior shows that only about 6% have a biblical worldview. This substantial hole has numerous implications for the church today.
But how specifically do scientists define a biblical worldview? How do they get to that 6% estimate? And is it definitely a responsible picture of exactly where we are as the church in The usa? In this episode, I get into all the details with the man at the rear of the investigation: Dr. George Barna, who is the Director of Investigation for Arizona Christian University’s Cultural Investigation Centre.
Dr. Barna responses questions this kind of as:
- How his staff arrived at their set of 54 queries (across 8 perception and conduct classes) to evaluate the biblical worldview in America
- Why behavioral queries are an essential part of measuring worldview (and not only beliefs)
- Irrespective of whether “secondary issues” this sort of as denominational specifics and views on the age of the Earth/evolution are component of the biblical worldview definition utilized
- How a representative sample is chosen
- What the parameters are for employing study solutions to categorize persons as acquiring a biblical vs. other worldview
- What we can do as the overall body of Christ to maximize the percent of self-determined Christians who maintain to a biblical worldview
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Stated IN THIS EPISODE
2017 Worldview study performed by the Barna Group and Summit Ministries: https://www.barna.com/investigation/competing-worldviews-affect-todays-christians/
Research on “syncretism” as top worldview in The usa:
https://www.arizonachristian.edu/2021/04/13/broad-greater part-of-us residents-sew-together-patchwork-worldview-of-conflicting-beliefs-building-syncretism-top rated-worldview-between-u-s-older people/
Newest investigate info on the worldview of pastors:
https://www.arizonachristian.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/CRC_AWVIRelease_07_Electronic.pdf
Indicator up for exploration updates from the Cultural Investigation Center:
https://www.arizonachristian.edu/culturalresearchcenter/hottest-investigation/
