What proportion of churches does the speaker claim don't have an actual communicated plan?

Nick StumboExecutive Director driving healing from sexual brokenness

The Purpose Of The New Barna Study

8 Jul 2024

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A short YouTube monologue (speaker: Nick Stumbo / labeled SPEAKER A) describing the purpose and hoped-for impact of a new Barna study. The speaker frames the study as possibly the biggest effort Pure Desire has undertaken and hopes the findings will open doors with churches and shape church responses around care, recovery, and healing. The speaker asserts that many men and women continue to struggle and claims a large gap: about 90% of churches reportedly do not have a communicated plan to address these issues; Pure Desire aims to help close that gap.

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About 90% of churches.

We've said this around the office a number of times, but this Barna study feels like the biggest thing Pure Desire has ever done. And we're praying that God uses these stats and insights not only to, like, open more doors to more churches, but help shape the conversation inside the church of how we address this issue, the options for care and recovery and healing. And it's clear that men and women are still struggling. And it's clear that the church is still not caught up to this issue. That if there are 90% of churches out there that still don't have an actual plan that's communicated to their people, we want to try to close that gap.