Last week Audrey Barrick, a reporter for Christian Post, released the first summary of the Barna Group Report, that was released about a week ago. This in-depth survey found that young Americans, the critical demographic for the Church, are more skeptical and resistant to Christianity than the same group were ten years ago. Their negative perception of Christianity is accompanied by a growing attractions to non-Christian faiths.
Black Americans have long been converting to Islam, typified by the high-profile conversion of the black nationalist leader Malcolm X from the Nation of Islam to Islam proper, after he had made the pilgrimage to Mecca and received instruction in the faith from imams in Saudi Arabia.
The Buddhist and Hindu faiths attracted young whites in the Sixties due to high-profile attention from the Beatles and others, particularly George Harrison. Ten years ago the majority of all...
Dr. Joel Beeke | 1/3/2010
Dr. Alan Cairns | 5/11/2009
