3.37% of the Christian singles in your church are gay.* At least a recent research survey of 504 Christian singles indicates this (Click here for research demographics and controls). *3.37% checked the box indicating their sexual orientation as “LGBTQ (also check if you best relate with the term “same sex attraction”)” If same sex attraction […]
Research Statistics: 504 Christian Singles on Singleness in the Church
The purpose of this survey is to ask Christian singles directly what it’s like to be single and a Christian in the Church today as a way of testing if the Church’s efforts to minister to singles is effective or not. The survey stops the ministry leadership cycle of assuming we know what singles think […]
Sermon on Lust, Singleness, Homosexuality, Porn & Marriage
Springboarding off of David’s adultery with Bathsheba in 2 Samuel 11-12, I preached a sermon on Lust, Singleness, Homosexuality, Porn & Marriage this past Sunday. It was helpful to many and I hope it’s helpful to you as well. Click here if you’re interested in getting 2 months free of Covenant Eyes’ online purity filter […]
Is your singles ministry terrible? Can you help with this quick survey?
Church single folk: Is your church’s single ministry terrible? Church married folk and pastor folk: Do you have any idea if your single ministry is terrible or not? (you probably don’t) Can you fill out this survey if you are a single Christian (anyone who is unmarried)? It is completely anonymous. Can you also ask […]
Bringing 1 Corinthians 11 Head Coverings Back for 2014
I recently preached on a confusing passage of Scripture that most of us skip over in our devotional time: 1 Corinthians 11:1-16 on women wearing head coverings and men not having long hair. It was not a sermon I thought I’d be writing a follow-up blog to, nor was it a passage I would have […]
The Idol of Marriage
Much of what fuels a single person to long for marriage is the lack of feeling of wholeness they have, and the idea that marriage will bring them that wholeness. In this sense, marriage becomes an idol, and we know idols never fulfill their promises. Many married people have bought into this trap as well, […]