“Laurie Guy, in an address to a pastors’ conference, spoke of the 80-10-10 formula. Some 10% of people in New Zealand regularly attend a church, a further 10% maintain a loose affiliation, while 80% are effectively outside the influence of local churches.
He notes that much of the evangelistic effort of churches is spent on the 10% with loose affiliation while we are largely out of touch with the 80%. The most obvious place where the committed 10% encounter the 80% is in the workplace. This observation is missional in the sense that it involves movement outwards from the gathered centre because those beyond the church mailing list rarely have an interest in coming to where we gather.”
- “Marketplace and Missional Church” from Stimulus: The New Zealand Journal of Christian Thought & Practice by Derek Christensen
Thanks for this, I wonder if this is similar to the American context?