Research findings

I made what I thought was a really groovy pie chart for my dissertation to show some of my research findings, but I couldn't get it onto here, so I'll have to talk you through it. There are four sections: Two from the Sheffield ACTS Open Mic Church and two from the one in Yeadon. The sections are divided between those repsondents who said they were happy to call the vent 'church' and those who were not. In Sheffield, two-thirds said it was church whilst around one-third said it wasn't, whereas in Yeadon more than 90% said it was church compared to less than 10% who said it wasn't. Interestingly enough, none who said it was not church could justify why this was the case save to say that it lacked certain elements of church that they were used to. Obviously information could only be gathered from those who chose to provide it, but it is fair to assume that those who did so both wanted to and thought they had something valid to say, so their comments were welcome. Those saying it was church justified it so by largely focusing on it being the body of Christ or God’s people gathered together to worship Him and talk about life using His word and the gifts He has given His people. Several also reminded of the fact that church is comprised of people and not buildings, therefore ACTS may have been different to what most if not all were used to, but it was seen by a considerable majority as either being church already or at least having the potential to be called so. Works for me! Yeadon now seems to be a permanent location, with others scheduled for Monday 27th October and Wednesday 3rd December. The hope is to make them monthly events in the New Year. Contact me with any ideas or questions or if you'd like to perform at any of them. God bless.
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