November 1, 2024

THIS WEEK’S SHOCKING STAT

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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.