Four obstacles to transformation (4)

The Barna Group surveys religious belief and opinions in an American context. George Barna has identified four significant obstacles to spiritual transformation for self-identified Christians in the United States.
The obstacles to transformation are

1. Commitment

2. Repentance

3. Activity

4. Spiritual Community

Obstacle 4: Spiritual Community

• Most feel comfortable and connected within their church


• However, there is not much vulnerability and accountability occurring within the context of those connections.


• Many do not take their faith community seriously, as a place to which they should be open and held to biblical principles.


• Only one out of every five believes that spiritual maturity requires a vital connection to a community of faith.


• Only one-third claim to have confessed their sins verbally to another believer at some point during the past quarter

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