Barna Group has 2008 statistics based on its recent survey of 600+ Senior Pastors of Protestant churches, via MondayMorningInsight.com ::
- Two-thirds of Protestant churches (65%) now have a large screen projection system in their church that they use for services and other events (62% in 2005, 39% in 2000)
- 68% of "theologically conservative" churches have big screen capabilities, while 43% of churches described as “liberal theology” have big screens
- 57% of churches show movie clips or other video segments during their services and events
- 88% of the churches that have a big screen in place (76% in 2000)
- 56% send email blasts to large groups of people or to the entire church body
- 62% of Protestant churches have a website (57% in 2005, 34% in 2000)
- 26% of Protestant churches have some presence on one or more social networking sites (such as MySpace). Charismatic churches were notably more likely (38%) than either mainline or evangelical congregations to use such pages
- 16% use podcasting; 47% of churches with over 250 adults are utilizing podcast technology
- 13% have "blog sites or pages" [easier to say 13% are blogging]
- 8% use satellite broadcasting for receiving programming and training
George Barna commented, "The Internet has become one of the pivotal communications and community-building tools of our lifetime. Churches are well-advised to have an intelligent and foresighted Internet strategy in order to facilitate meaningful ministry..."
Read the full Barna Update for more survey results and their commentary.
-- DJ Chuang, 1 Director among equals @ Leadership Network
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