Evangelist John Bradshaw said the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s message should be proclaimed in every city no matter its level of Bible literacy after a survey ranked his adopted hometown as the most Bible-minded city in the United States.
Chattanooga, Tennessee — which has a thriving Adventist presence — is more Bible-minded than any other city in the United States, according to the recent survey of 100 cities by the American Bible Society and the Barna Group.
The issue of biblical literacy and engagement has been of concern to Christians, who have questioned whether it’s possible to reach a community without a basic grasp of the Bible. This is particularly true for Adventists and their traditional evangelistic methods that focus on the prophecies of Daniel and Revelation. Some say modern audiences are not as familiar with these texts so such approaches don’t work as well.
