A report was released last week about the use of Christian media in the lives of Protestant laity and clergy. The numbers surprised me:

LAITY:

• 78 percent listen to Christian music.
• 64 percent watch Christian television.
• 64 percent visit Christian websites.
• 64 percent listen to Christian radio.
• 60 percent read Christian non-fiction books.
• 55 percent watch Christian movies.
• 47 percent read Christian fiction books.
• 44 percent read Christian magazines.

CLERGY:

• 94 percent listen to Christian music.
• 92 percent read Christian non-fiction books.
• 87 percent read Christian magazines.
• 84 percent listen to Christian radio.
• 83 percent visit Christian websites.
• 77 percent watch Christian television.
• 76 percent watch Christian movies.
• 53 percent read Christian fiction books.

That's much higher than I would of guessed.

Although the significant finding is that the prominence of Christian media - especially in the life of laypeople - is not all that prominent:

Yet for each type of media, the average proportion dedicated to Christian options is less than half –- usually much less than half. The proportion of media use that is specifically Christian ranged from a high of 42 percent for music (meaning on average, 42 percent of all music Protestant churchgoers listen to is Christian) to a low of 17 percent for movies.

Do you see all this as good news or bad news?