MELBOURNE: 3.6 million people (2006), 248 Nationalities, 289 languages,128 religious faiths
THE CHURCH
THE CHURCH
- 300,000 people attend church weekly, another 300,000 attend about once a month.
- There are over 1700 local churches of more than 30 denominations and over 80 nationalities
- There are 60 Chinese, 52 Greek, 41 Italian, 35 Samoan, 30 Vietnamese, 24 Korean churches
- "NO RELIGION" up 20% in 10 years
- Under 34s: 1.2million (48%) in population BUT only 48,000 (4%) attend church(=16% of attenders)
- Over 55s: 819,000 (22%) of population and 20% (122,000) attend weekly (= 54% of attenders)
- About 5000 people come to faith each year, about 9000 people leave the Church
City population increasing at 90,000pa, here is a net loss of 4,800pa from church attendance.
The churches make a major contribution to the city in education, welfare, health and aged care
BUT without spiritual regeneration this support will not be sustainable.
Jesus weeps for our city…The All Melbourne Matters research gives us a glimpse of how God sees the Church and our city. He is urgently calling His people to cry out and join in intentional mission to claim the future of our city for Him. All Melbourne Matters to our Father.
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