Research has shown that in the last fifteen years, the average American’s attention span has decreased from twelve seconds to eight, which is one second less than a goldfish’s.2 That means to keep us engaged, local churches have become more and more like theaters and less and less like schools. Despite an explosion in the number of megachurches and Christian radio stations in the last forty years, statistics show younger evangelicals know less about the Bible and are less likely to have a Christian worldview than their parents. Church is more fun but less formative than ever before.
