3 factors that lead to unchurched Christians

By Dean Inserra - Posted at Baptist Press:

Published July 10, 2024

According to Lifeway Research, among Protestant pastors in the United States, 3 in 5 consider someone in their congregation a regular churchgoer if they attend church at least twice a month. Come to church every other Sunday (26 times a year) and you’re now considered a regular in the American church. To say that infrequent is the new frequent is not an exaggeration.

The local church has lost its prominence and priority in the life of far too many professing Christians. According to Lifeway Research’s State of Theology report, 54 percent of evangelicals believe worshiping alone or with one’s family is a valid replacement for regularly attending church.

Believing one doesn’t have to go to church to be a Christian is as commonplace as believing Jesus was born in a Bethlehem manger. This is the new normal, and church leaders cannot pretend this is acceptable. The Scriptures have no category for the unchurched Christian.

I believe three factors are at play in creating the far too large category of “unchurched Christian.”

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