New England is a HUGE Mission Field According to New Barna Report of Most "Post-Christian" Cities in America

Lindsay Elizabeth : Jul 29, 2019
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"It becomes a mission field ... the prayer of the Northeast: 'Lord, wake up New England.'" -Diana Kriesel, Associate pastor at Vibrant Church

(Ventura, CA) — [Faithwire.com] Eight cities in the Northeast and New England just made the top of the Barna Groups yearly most "post-Christian" cities list, despite the rich history of religious ties the area has. (Image Source: Unsplash-Todd Diemer /via Faithwire)

The list is curated by Barna in order to show the distribution of Christians in the United States, and what kind of specific beliefs and practices they follow.

Among the cities on the list were: Springfield-Holyoke, Portland-Auburn, Maine; Providence, Rhode Island; New Bedford, Massachusetts; Burlington, Vermont; Boston, Massachusetts; Manchester, New Hampshire.

Springfield-Holyoke in Western Massachusetts was number one on the list due to the fact that about 60 percent of its residents said they "never made a commitment to Jesus," and another 65 percent "had not attended a Christian church in the last six months."

A staggering 87% in the town said they had not read the Bible over the course of the past week.

Michael Kriesel, the lead pastor at Vibrant Church in South Burlington, said that the list did not come as a surprise to him, especially seeing his town move from... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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