Google is up to its old tricks again. This time its Google Insights for Search, a nifty tool that reveals who is searching for what, where.� I typed in “Jesus” and here are the results:

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El Salvador nabs the number 1 spot for Jesus, making them the nation God will bless…Ahem.� This kinda gives you a shift in thinking to know that the United States didn’t even make the top ten list in regional interest!� FYI, when I searched for “Jesus Christ” the top country was Eritrea in East Africa.� America is not the hub of the Christian faith, the global south is.

Just for fun, I searched by city, and Chicago came up as #10 worldwide - way to go you spiritual seekers (or searchers) you!� In a city where there is the lowest proportions of evangelical Christians of any US city and a church attendance of just 11% county-wide, (the city is only 8%), there is a lot of interest in the man Jesus!� What might these people be like?� How can we befriend them, and in a natural way, present to them this Jesus in their own context and language?

It was also interesting to see WHEN people search for Jesus - as predicted, its always around December and April.� Why then do some churches down play the Christian calendar, when it is obviously the time when most people are “searching for Christ?”

Just thinking…