So Ryan and I are taking a new members class at Christ our King... we love it! However this past week, I learned some very startling statistics. See what you think.
A survey was done on 10,000 Protestant pastors. They were asked 3 Yes or No questions...
1) Do you believe the Bible is the word of God?
2) Do you believe that Jesus' resurrection happened?
3) Do you believe that Jesus is man and God?
As I was hearing them all, I answers... yes, yes, and yes. Easy questions - move on! But wait... 75% of pastors answered no to them all. What? Are you kidding me? If you break down that statistic, 25% of Missouri Lutheran pastors said no to the them and only 3% of Wisconsin Lutheran pastors said no to them all. We then had an awesome discussion about this (way off track from our book, but it didn't matter). Our pastor, Pastor Tom, actually called a few pastors up and did his own little survey because he didn't believe it. And got about the same response. One pastor even wanted him to come and preach at his church so his congregation could hear what amazing things he was saying. When Pastor Tom said no... he then asked if he would come to his confirmation class... again Pastor Tom said no.
Just makes me wonder. I'm just glad that I know the answer to all these questions! Thanks Mom and Dad for instilling this in me!
1 comment:
I hadn't heard those statistics, but I too didn't realize how many people don't believe the Bible is GOD's WORD until our recent Bible Study. It's always been a no-brainer to me.
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