There is very little accountability among Christians in the United States, a new survey found. Only 5 percent of Christian adults indicated that their church does anything to hold them accountable…

There is very little accountability among Christians in the United States, a new survey found. Only 5 percent of Christian adults indicated that their church does anything to hold them accountable for integrating biblical beliefs and principles into their life, according to the Barna Group.

Evangelicals were most likely to have some form of church-centered accountability.
George Barna, director of the survey, stressed that mutual accountability is one of the cornerstones of the biblical concept of community.

“But Americans these days cherish privacy and freedom to the extent that the very idea of being held accountable by others – even those with their best interests in mind, or who have a legal or spiritual authority to do so – is considered inappropriate, antiquated and rigid,” he lamented.

“With a large majority of Christian churches proclaiming that people should know, trust and obey all of the behavioral principles taught in the Bible, overlooking a principle as foundational as accountability breeds even more public confusion about scriptural authority and faith-based community, as well as personal behavioral responsibility…”

The most common form of accountability cited by the 5 percent who said their church holds them accountable was small groups. Around one-third said they are kept accountable through small groups.

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