Region XI Stewardship Conference

At the region XI (California) Stewardship Conference recently (where Scott was speaking), a presentation by Matt Manion of Catholic Leadership Institute spoke of looking at Catholics in the following intriguing categories gained from recent survey data.

 

% of US Baptized Catholics not practicing - 50 - 60%

# of US Baptized Catholics not practicing  - 36 Million

 

% of US Baptized Catholics practicing - 23% Monthly

                                                                       10% Weekly

# of US Baptized Catholics practicing  - 15 Million Monthly

                                                             -   6 Million Weekly

 

% of US Baptized Catholics Intentional Disciples - 5 -7%

# of US Baptized Catholics Intentional Disciples  - 3 - 4 Million

 

% of US Baptized Catholics Disciple Makers - .04%

# of US Baptized Catholics Disciple Makers - 25,000

 

The data also showed the following responses from Catholics:

 

I consider myself Catholic, though faith is not a significant part of my life	4%
I practice my Catholic faith, but do not know Jesus personally like a friend	27%
I have personally encountered Jesus Christ and am growing as a disciple	38%
My relationship with Jesus Christ is the most important relationship in my life	31%

Expect to hear more about this as we learn from Good Leaders Good Shepherds and the Catholic Leadership Institute.