Really?

The Barna Group has released some new survey results that I find difficult to believe:

1. 47% of Americans read their Bibles in a given week (away from church)
2. 47% of Americans go to church
3. 23% are are part of small groups (other than Sunday School/CE Classes)
4. 27% of Americans volunteer in church work
5. 24% of Americans attend Sunday School
6. 84% of Americans say they prayed in the past week
7. 60% of professed Christians have personally shared their faith in the past year.

(Source)

What do you think? Barna usually has some good survey methods. If these numbers are true, then these activities are having a low impact on transforming lives and communities. For example, there is a difference between "reading their Bibles" and "delighting in His commands" (Psalm 112:1).