Three Responses Christians Should Expect when Sharing Jesus with Someone
The need is great but the laborers are few
Few laborers
One of the greatest needs in our nation today is more Christians sharing the good news of Jesus Christ with their unsaved friends. This has been a need since the church began.
However, evangelism has been on the decline in recent years.
In 2016 Lifeway research conducted a study related to unchurched Christians.
Even though the majority of the 2,000 unchurched Americans they surveyed identified as Christian, many (44%) say they are either nonreligious or belong to a different religion.
The research found that “Close to 2 in 3 unchurched Americans claimed to have multiple Christian friends they interact with regularly.”
However, “Only 3 in 10 unchurched Americans (29%) say a Christian has ever shared with them one-on-one how a person becomes a Christian…”
The chart below summarizes research that was conducted by Lifeway research in 2019. It shows that the majority of American Protestant churchgoers had not shared their faith within the previous 6 months.
