Boiling Point

by Barna, George; Hatch, Mark

• ISBN13: 9780830726509
• ISBN10: 0830726500
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-02-01
• Publisher: Baker Pub Group

Summary

Now Barna and coauthor Mark Hatch take a fresh look at the Church -- where we stand and where we are headed -- at the dawn of the new millennium. With revealing statistics from indepth research that illustrate the changing beliefs and attitudes of our society today, this book clearly shows that the Church is at a crucial juncture in history -- a time of rapid change in which we must begin to anticipate the world's spiritual needs in order to meet them.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	5	(2)
Prologue A Day in the Life of Jill	7	(10)
Change Is Our Middle Name	17	(10)
Changing Demographics	27	(24)
Five Generations, Four Disparate Nations	51	(24)
America's Evolving Values	75	(22)
The Way We Live	97	(22)
Technology and You	119	(28)
The Wild World of Technomed	147	(18)
Business and Employment	165	(18)
What Americans Really Believe	183	(24)
Faith in Practice	207	(26)
The Local Church and Its Future	233	(26)
The Global Economy	259	(22)
International Politics and the One-World Government	281	(22)
Making the Most of the Times	303	(10)
Appendix 1 About the Authors	313	(4)
Appendix 2 About Barna Research Groups, Ltd.	317	(2)
Appendix 3 About The Barna Institute	319	(2)
Bibliography	321