According to the Barna Group, only three out of 10 Americans are church attenders. Of the remaining seven who are not in church, four used to attend church. We call these individuals dropout believers. They have disconnected themselves from any meaningful relationship with the church. They still profess a degree of belief in Jesus Christ, but for the most part, their love has "grown cold."
We have now reached a tipping point in America: There are more dropout believers than those who are actively engaged in the church today. If all of the dropout believers in the U.S. were restored to the church, the church would double in size. Imagine Easter Sunday-level attendance or more, every week of the year, as the new normal.
The stats are just as bad or worse in Canada and western Europe. This problem is unique in the Western Hemisphere. Outside the West, the church has problems—but they mostly involve persecution, not apathy.
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