Young Non-Christians View Christianity Negatively
Tuesday, June 19, 2007: Research
Church Relevance blog reports on David Kinnaman’s (president of The Barna Group) presentation on how young non-Christians perceive Christianity.
Non-Christians aged 16-29 years old were asked, “What is your current perception of Christianity?”
- 91% said antihomosexual
- 87% said judgmental
- 85% said hypocritical
- 78% said old-fashioned
- 75% said too involved in politics
- 72% said out of touch with reality
- 70% said insensitive to others
Not surprisingly 84% of non-Christians are friends with Christians, but 15% say the lifestyle of the Christians is not different.
This is the context where you minister. I know that deal with this point of view is difficult; but we only overcome it through relationships; one person at a time. The only reason this mindset exists is because they do not know YOU.
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