More People Use Christian Media Than Attend Church

Respected researchers/pollsters The Barna Group released their findings with the above title back in March. A couple of things that jumped out me were these bullets:

• The Internet is the only mass medium among those tested whose audience share has grown during the past decade. The proportion of the population using the Internet for faith purposes has increased by two-thirds since 1998.
• More than two-thirds of the born again public – and well over 90% of evangelicals – have exposure to Christian media each month. Nearly half of all non-born again adults use Christian media during a typical month. Even a significant share of the unchurched market – more than one-third – utilizes these resources.

Check out the rest of the report at http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUpdate&BarnaUpdateID=184

Now I know why I have been hearing about cyber churches. I think that the internet is another great media tool to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ but I do not believe that it should ever replace the assembly of ourselves together.