03rd Mar 2008

Some Categories for Church Goers and Others

George Barna proposed some categories for traditional and non-traditional church goers:

unattached - adults who have not attended congregations or house churches within the last year

intermittents - adults who attended congregations or house churches, but not during the last month

homebodies - adults who attended house churches within the last month

blenders - adults who attended congregations and house churches within the last month

conventionals - adults who attend congregations within the last month

While I’m clearly not in step with George Barna, I thought those were interesting distinctions to make.

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4 Responses to “Some Categories for Church Goers and Others”

  1. March 3rd, 2008 at 12:08 pm h sofia Says:

    I want a house church! Wait, what is that?

  2. March 3rd, 2008 at 12:12 pm Ms. Theologian Says:

    A house church or home church is a small Christian group that meets in someone’s house without a minister. The critical parts as I see it are the home-meeting part and the lay-facilitated part. More here . They seem to be growing in popularity, and are used often in China for small Christian meetings, but also quite popular here. UUs tend to have these as fellowships, but it’s not exactly the same thing in my mind.

  3. March 3rd, 2008 at 1:17 pm h sofia Says:

    I like the idea of a house church. I’d go to a house church.

  4. March 3rd, 2008 at 5:36 pm Terri Says:

    i think soon as I get a house, I will start a house church….

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