Technology and the Christian Church

Does your church use a large-screen system in the sanctuary during worship?

Churches with less than 100 in weekly attendance: 53 percent.

Churches with 100 to 250 in weekly attendance: 76 percent.

Churches with more than 250 in weekly attendance: 88 percent.

Does your church send e-mail blasts or e-newsletters to members?

Fifty-six percent of Protestant churches do so.

Does your church have a presence on a social networking site such as Facebook?

All Protestant churches: 25 percent.

Churches with less than 100 in weekly attendance: 20 percent.

Churches with more than 100 in weekly attendance: 47 percent.

Source: The Barna Group, www.barna.org, "New Research Describes Use of Technology in Churches," April 28, 2008.

Featured in: April 2011

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