Some interesting statistics

Friends, I wanted to share with you some interesting statistics. These were shared by our pastor today, regarding the Christian church in North America: Every day, there are 10 churches in North America that close, whereas there are 3 that open. More mosques open each day than christian churches. In the last 50 years Christian Churches have failed to gain an additional 2% of the American Population. Essentially we're losing even our own children! Contrast this with what's going on in China. In roughly the same span of time (the last 60 years, or when Communist China took over) China has gone from 2 million Christians to over 100 million. Remember the church (and churches) in China is for all intents and purposes illegal. Things like open worship services, youth ministries, large gatherings, political clout. It doesn't happen there. And maybe that's a good thing???? What is it that they know? Paraphrasing Jesus "Come I will make you fishers of men" statement - what "bait" are they using, and why are we in North America not using it? How is that growth possible without "the churches" that we all go to? Feel free to respond/share this with folks you know....