::EVANGELISM STATS

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Probability of accepting Christ, segmented by age  

    • Nearly half (43%) of all Americans who accept Jesus Christ as their savior do so before reaching the age of 13 (2004)

    • Two out of three born again Christians (64%) accept Jesus Christ as their savior before their 18th birthday. (2004)

    • One out of eight born again people (13%) made their profession of faith while 18 to 21 years old. (2004)

Evangelizers  

    • 49% of born again Christians shared their faith in Christ in the past year taking a non-Christian friend to church so they could hear the gospel. (2004)

    • 78% of born again Christians shared their faith in Christ with in the past year by offering to pray with a non-Christian person who was in need of encouragement or support. (2004)

    • 21% of born agains shared their faith in Christ with a non-Christian person in the past year by sending letters or e-mails explaining aspects of their faith and encouraging them to consider it more closely. (2004)

The Responsibility to Share your Faith  

    • Adults' View On Having A Personal Responsibility To Tell Other People Their Religious Beliefs: 2007-35% 2006-39% 2005-34% 2004-35% 2002-35% 2000-31% 1998-29% 1996-31%

    • 49% of Blacks strongly agree that they "personally have a responsibility to tell other people about their religious beliefs" versus 34% of whites, 32% of hispanics, and 26% of asians. (2007)

    • Americans living in the South feel more of a responsibility to share their faith with others than do adults in other regions of the country, with 45% of southerners feeling a sense of responsibility to share their faith with others, compared to 40% of Midwesterners, 27% of those living in the West, and 21% of those living in the Northeast. (2007)

    • More than half of born again Christians (54%) feel a sense of responsibility to tell others about their faith. (2007)

    • Overall, Catholics (19%) are less likely than Protestants (47%) to feel a responsibility to share their faith with others. (2007)

    • Mosaics are the generation least likely to strongly agree that they have a personal responsibility to tell others people about their religious beliefs. Compared to the 25% of Mosaics who strongly agree with the tested statement, 30% of Busters, 39% of Boomers and 41% of Elders strongly agree. (2007)

    • Married adults (37%) are more likely than are singles (28%) to believe that it is their responsibility to tell other people their religious beliefs. (2007)

    • People that make less than $35,000 a year are the most likely to agree strongly they have a personal responsibility to share their faith with others; 47% believe so compared with 35% of those that make between $35,000-$60,000 and 26% of those who make more than $60,000. (2007)  
     
     
     

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