Not an unbiased polling group:
George Barna:
After graduating summa cum laude from Boston College, Barna earned two Master’s degrees from Rutgers University. At Rutgers, he was awarded the Eagleton Fellowship. He also received a doctorate from Dallas Baptist University.”
Barna is a Protestant group
“provides primary research services to organizations focused on enhancing people’s spiritual lives. It conducts qualitative and quantitative research on a commissioned basis, as well as developing self-initiated studies of the spiritual landscape of the nation. The company has worked with thousands of ministries across the country and is widely relied upon by media, churches and educational institutions for insight into matters of faith and contemporary society.
“BarnaBooks provides written communications – primarily books – for individuals interested in enhancing their leadership, cultural understanding, or family experiences. Working with a pool of leaders and communicators who are helping the Church to grow and become more effective in reaching people with God’s truth, these books are designed to inform, challenge and guide people to more authentic faith experiences and expression.”
“The Josiah Corps is a process developed to identify young people between the ages of 8 and 12 whom God has called to lead the Church in the future, and to provide them with developmental resources and experiences over a decade-long period.”
“Transformational Church Network (TCN) provides new thinking for a new context. TCN is a means of resourcing, connecting and partnering with healthy churches in the strategic development of the Church.”
That BE SADDLEBACK type churches.
No sale.
Err, I believe Boston College is a Catholic College.
A typical response, but you will note that my sources are varied, and Catholic sites themselves quote them, and overall evidence an overall consensus, and i have yet to find any like stats which show anything close to the opposite of. If you have nay let me know.