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ROTW Certified Statistic
Only 8% of regular church attenders believe that sharing their faith is “very important.”
69% of churchgoers believe that everyone will go to Heaven.
Almost 50% of Christians think that most non-Christians have no interest in hearing about Jesus.
78% of the unchurched would listen to someone who shared what they believed about Christianity.
56% of all Americans believe the Holy Spirit is a force but not a person.
3 out of 4 Christians (74%) seldom have a “spiritual conversation” with anyone.
34% of all U. S. adults don’t believe in the Virgin birth.
Only 22% of American men and 33% of American women said they depend on Jesus Christ to overcome sin.
13% of Americans agree that Muhammed was the holy prophet of God, even though Muslims comprise only 1% of the U. S. population.
52% of all “Christians” believe that non-Christian faiths can lead to eternal life.
2 out of 3 Christians (65%) say it is better to share your faith by the way you live, rather than to speak about it.
72% of the unchurched believe the Church is filled with hypocrites.
65% of Americans say that even though everyone sins a little bit, most people are good by nature.
37% of Evangelicals believe that God will always reward true faith with material blessings.
One in four pastors (25%) say that meeting a person’s physical needs takes priority over telling them about Jesus
More than half of all young people (ages 18-24) don’t believe the Bible is God’s inspired word.
Almost half of all faith sharers (45%) never share their story of how they came to Christ.
A Christian is killed for their faith every 6 minutes, somewhere in the world.
Atheists and Agnostics scored 15% higher on their knowledge about religion than Evangelical Christians taking the Pews Religious Knowledge Survey.
Only half of all the teenagers who grew up in a “Christian Home” had regular family conversations about God.
While 1 in 4 Americans are done with church, half of all Americans (48%) are done with God. Known as post-Christian, they say that God plays no role whatsoever in their life.
One in five Americans (19%) say Polygamy–having multiple spouses at the same time—is morally acceptable.
Americans trust in faith leaders and pastors fell to a record low of 37%, ranking below multiple medical professions, teachers, and police and just above journalists.
93% of practicing Christians aren’t comfortable to have a conversation about the Lord with their own grandchildren.
Two-thirds of all American churches are experiencing (1) no growth and (2) a decline in numbers.
69% of churchgoers believe that everyone will go to heaven.
59% of Millennials believe that pornography is morally acceptable.
Almost one-third of Evangelicals attend church out of obligation.
Half of all Americans have never read the Bible.
24 of 25 Millennials don’t have a Biblical worldview.
70% of those attending church one or more times a month never share their faith with a stranger.
One in four Evangelicals are not certain that the physical resurrection of Jesus was a real historical event.
51% of U.S. churchgoers say they’ve never heard of the term, “The Great Commission”.
51% of Americans say the Bible was written for each person to interpret as he or she chooses.
70% unchurched people have never been invited to church in their whole lives.
65% of American churches have a weekly attendance of less than 100 people, including children.
46% of Evangelicals agree that God accepts the worship of all religions.
51% of churchgoers don’t believe that sharing their faith is an essential obligation of their Christian life.
77% of all Americans believe that personal salvation is a result of good works.
Nearly half of young Evangelicals (ages 18-29) favor same-sex marriage.
More than 30% churchgoers say they have never felt God’s Presence during a service.
70% of all young people who grow up in church leave the church by their 20’s.
44% of U.S. adults say that God plays no role whatsoever in their life.
65% of all “Christians” believe there are multiple paths to Heaven.
30% of all Americans believe after they die, God will give them a 2nd chance.
Almost 50% of all Evangelicals, 18-29 years of age, favor same sex marriage.
Two thirds of those who are 18-34 years of age, do not believe pre-marital sex is ever wrong.
62% of all churches in America are having no growth or declines in their congregations.
65% of all churches in America have less than 100 people in their congregations including children.
More than 2 million people have left the church every year for the past 7 years.
In just 8 years, the percentage of the U.S. population calling themselves Christians has decreased from 78% to 70%.
31% of all young adults, who have grown up in church, have left the church because “it was boring”.
More than 30% of those attending church say they have never felt God’s Presence during a service.
50% of those in church last Sunday cannot remember a single spiritual insight from that sermon.
55% of those attending church at least once a month have not had a ‘born again’ experience.
More than 50% of all Evangelicals believe there is more than one way to Heaven.
75% of regular church attenders do not believe that sharing their faith is important.