{"id":10021,"date":"2022-01-29T17:48:35","date_gmt":"2022-01-29T23:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/?p=10021"},"modified":"2022-01-29T17:48:35","modified_gmt":"2022-01-29T23:48:35","slug":"study-most-evangelicals-dont-want-short-sermons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/?p=10021","title":{"rendered":"Study: Most Evangelicals Don\u2019t Want Short Sermons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Study: Most Evangelicals Don\u2019t Want Short Sermons<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Ken Ham 5-6 minutes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I\u2019ve been pointing out a trend in many churches across America\u2014a drift towards more entertainment-driven services with a heavy emphasis on music (that often sounds like the world\u2019s music) and shorter sermons. But is this really what most believers want from their pastors and churches? Well, I\u2019ve also argued for a long time that it\u2019s not what they need (what believers need is an emphasis on teaching God\u2019s Word\u2014all of it!), and a recent study<\/a> confirmed that it\u2019s not what most believers want<\/em> either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new report found \u201cfewer than 10% of Evangelical Protestants want to have shorter sermons during worship, while nearly a third want more in-depth teaching.\u201d Of younger adults, who are often viewed as having short attention spans, only 7% wanted shorter sermons! And yet a study in 2019 found that \u201cby a 3:2 margin more pastors are moving to shorter sermons.\u201d I believe a lot of people in our churches are hungry for in-depth Bible teaching. In fact, I meet many people at the Ark Encounter and Creation Museum who bemoan the fact that they are not getting such teaching in their churches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One researcher shared,The most surprising insight was that 30% of evangelicals want more in-depth teaching than their church is currently providing .\u00a0.\u00a0. This demonstrates an opportunity for pastors to go deeper into the Word of God. This is good news at a time in our culture when biblical literacy is so low \u2014 there appears to be a desire among Evangelicals to deepen their understanding of biblical truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s encouraging to see that most evangelicals want in-depth Bible teaching from their pastors. We need more solid, biblically driven teaching from God\u2019s Word to disciple and equip the next generation. So many professing Christians know very little about what God\u2019s Word actually teaches (for example<\/a> another study that was just released found that \u201chalf of U.S. Christians say casual sex between consenting adults is sometimes or always acceptable\u201d!). They need to be disciplined in the faith, encouraged to get into God\u2019s Word, and given the foundation for a biblical worldview so they can properly view the world around them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I encourage you, pastors and Bible teachers, to get into God\u2019s Word with your congregations! Give them the in-depth Bible teaching (including vital apologetics teaching) they need and want, always starting from the foundation that God\u2019s Word is truth and the authority in all areas. After all\u2014this shepherding of the congregation with God\u2019s Word is what God has called pastors to do!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth. (2 Timothy 2:15<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Study: Most Evangelicals Don\u2019t Want Short Sermons Ken Ham 5-6 minutes I\u2019ve been pointing out a trend in many churches across America\u2014a drift towards more entertainment-driven services with a heavy emphasis on music (that often sounds like the world\u2019s music) and shorter sermons. But is this really what most believers want from their pastors and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10021"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10022,"href":"https:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10021\/revisions\/10022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}