Church Recovery Ministries has been established to assist the Body of Christ to become more effective in its local communities. Many churches face challenging decisions and are in need of someone with leadership training and constructive input to help them implement the most effective way to succeed at fulfilling the great commission.

There is a tremendous need to plant more churches as well as help some of the churches that face closing their doors avoid this outcome.

In the 1990s, about 3,200 churches closed each year. In the 2000s, this number has risen to 3,700 per year.

The American Church in Crisis

Dave T. Olson

It is estimated that 53,000 people leave churches every week and never come back.

Exit Interviews

George Hendricks

Nearly half of new independent Baptist church plants fail.

Two-thirds of the US population, some 200 million Americans, remain a mission field.

BIMI World Magazine

April 2009

In 1920, 27 churches existed for every 10,000 Americans.

In 1950, 17 churches existed for every 10,000 Americans.

In 2004, 11 churches existed for every 10,000 Americans.

Lost in America

Tom Clegg, Warren Bird

“If trends continue, by 2050 the percentage of Americans attending church will be half of those that attended in 1990”

The American Church in Crisis

Dave T. Olson

“Between 80% and 85% of all churches in America are either plateaued or are declining.Only 6% of American churches are growing faster than their population.”

    Win Arn

Pastors Need Help!
Dr. Bill Gilmore

 

Take a look, if your dare, at just a few of the gut-wrenching statistics compiled by George Barna, Focus on the Family, and other respected organizations:

• 80% of pastors believe pastoral ministry has negatively affected their families. Many pastor’s children do not attend church now because of what the church has done to their parents.
• 90% of pastors feel they are inadequately trained to cope with the demands of ministry.
• 70% say they have a lower self-image now than when they first started.
• Only 1 out of every 10 ministers will actually retire as a minister in some form.
• The profession of Pastor is near the bottom of a survey of the most-respected professions.
• Many denominations report an “empty pulpit crisis”. They cannot find ministers willing to fill positions.
• More than 50% of all pastors are so discouraged that they regularly consider leaving the ministry.
• 80% of seminary and Bible school graduates who enter the ministry will leave the ministry within the first five years.
• 85% of pastors said their greatest struggle is dealing with problem people such as disgruntled members, elders, deacons, worship leaders, worship teams, board members, and associate pastors.
• 90% said the ministry was completely different than what they thought it would be before they began.
• 80% of pastors’ wives feel left out and unappreciated by the church members.
• 80% of pastors’ wives wish their spouse would choose another profession.
• 50% of pastors’ marriages will end in divorce.
• 70% of pastors constantly fight depression.