For one-tenth of the churches, it took four calls or more to make human contact. People are busy. They are unlikely to make three or four calls before establishing human contact. People are already suspicious of the church's practical value. We may be training them to turn elsewhere during times of need.
People expect accessibility, especially in our wired culture.
The ability to communicate both personally and on-demand is crucial to fostering trust and continuity in a relationship. Currents New demos for new decade. Four of ten adult men are unmarried. Of those four, three have never been married, one is divorced or separated. In 1970, 9.4 percent of men in their 30s were single.