Unchurched

Unchurched

"Unchurched" or "The Unchurched" or "unchurched people" is defined by the Barna Group as "an adult (18 or older) who has not attended a Christian church service within the past six months" excluding special services such as Easter, Christmas, weddings or funerals. [ [http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=Topic&TopicID=38 Barna.org research archive about the unchurched] ] Barna reports there are 75 million "unchurched people" in the United States as of 2004. Depending on context, the term may be pejorative.

Many books and articles have been written by Western church leaders to address the decline of Christendom in a post-modern world and how the assumption that new attendees have knowledge of basic Christian teachings is no longer reliable.

References

ee also

* Unchurched Belt
* Emerging church movement
* Christianese


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  • unchurched — 1680s, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + churched committed or belonging to a church (see CHURCH (Cf. church)). A verb, unchurch to remove or exclude (someone) from membership in a church is recorded from 1610s …   Etymology dictionary

  • unchurched — [unchʉrcht′] adj. 1. not belonging to or attending any church 2. not having a church …   English World dictionary

  • unchurched — adjective Who does not generally attend church. create a composite profile of the typical unchurched person your church wants to reach …   Wiktionary

  • unchurched — “+t adjective Etymology: un (I) + church, n. + ed : not belonging to or connected with a church the vast masses of unchurched peoples J.C.Brauer …   Useful english dictionary

  • Unchurched Belt — The term Unchurched Belt refers to a region in the far Western United States that has low rates of religious attendance. The term derives from Bible Belt and the notion of the unchurched.The term was first applied to the U.S. west coast in 1985… …   Wikipedia

  • unchurched — adjective Date: 1657 not belonging to or connected with a church …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • unchurched — /un cherrcht /, adj. not being a member of a church; not attending any church. [1675 85; UN 1 + CHURCH + ED2] * * * …   Universalium

  • unchurched — v. excommunicate, banish from a church; cancel church privileges …   English contemporary dictionary

  • unchurched — adjective not belonging to or connected with a Church …   English new terms dictionary

  • unchurched — un·churched …   English syllables

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