{"id":2611448,"date":"2026-06-06T11:40:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T15:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-shows-christians-arent-spreading-the-gospel-with-others\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T11:40:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T15:40:38","slug":"report-shows-christians-arent-spreading-the-gospel-with-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-shows-christians-arent-spreading-the-gospel-with-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Report Shows Christians Aren&#8217;t Spreading The Gospel With Others"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-shows-christians-arent-spreading-the-gospel-with-others%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2611448&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Teh text argues that American Christianity isn\u2019t growing partly as many Christians are reluctant to openly share their faith. Pew Research data shows the share of Americans identifying as Christian has declined from 78% (2007) to 63% (2019), and it may keep falling as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-loses-to-matt-gaetz-when-he-guest-hosts-newsmax\/\" title=\"Matt Gaetz beats CNN as guest host on Newsmax.\">younger adults tend<\/a> to be less religious than older groups.<\/p>\n<p>A Lifeway Research study titled *State of Discipleship: Living Unashamed* surveyed 2,130 Protestant churchgoers and found 30% agreed that people who know them do not realize they are Christian-double the level reported in a similar 2013 survey. The article links this hesitance to past findings that many Christians view their spiritual lives as private and cite reasons like not wanting to impose their beliefs.<\/p>\n<p>It also includes remarks from Lifeway\u2019s Scott McConnell, who suggests Christians may assume people are anti-faith when many are actually open to spiritual conversation.He recommends \u201cliving unashamed\u201d by engaging the Bible thoughtfully, building relationships through local churches and small groups, expressing gratitude frequently, praying for opportunities to speak up, and being honest and clear about following Christ-so faith becomes easier to share in everyday conversations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>As the  of Americans who identify as Christian remains stagnant, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >newly released survey data suggests<\/a> that a contributing factor toward a lack of growth in believers may be due to Christians being increasingly hesitant to  their faith with others.<\/p>\n<p>According to Pew Research data from last year, the Christian  of the U.S. population steadily declined from 78% in 2007 to 63% in 2019. Since then, negligible increases and decreases have amounted to a leveling off of the drop.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Pew notes that the decline in American Christian identification is likely to resume once again in future years due to the religious habits of young adults (ages 18 to 24), who are far less religious than the oldest cohort (ages 74 and older).<\/p>\n<p>The data found that only 46% of young adults identify as Christian (vs. 80% of oldest adults), only 27% pray daily (vs. 58%), and only 25% say they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-calls-new-yorks-covid-19-restrictions-discriminatory-sides-with-religious-leaders\/\" title=\"Supreme Court Calls New York\u2019s COVID-19 Restrictions \u2018Discriminatory,\u2019 Sides With ... Leaders\">attend religious services<\/a> at least monthly (vs. 49%).<\/p>\n<p>Survey data released by Lifeway Research last week provides insight into one factor that is likely playing a role in the lack of growth of Christians in America.<\/p>\n<p>The organization\u2019s State of Discipleship Living Unashamed study asked 2,130 Protestant churchgoers six questions about their faith, including, \u201cMany people who know me are not aware I am a Christian.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thirty percent of respondents said they strongly or somewhat agreed with the statement, with 17% saying they were neutral. Notably, the 30% figure is double the percentage of respondents who were in agreement with the same question in Lifeway\u2019s 2013 study.<\/p>\n<p>The survey results are in line with previous studies on the same subject. A Barna survey from 2022 found that most Christians (56%) consider their spiritual lives to be private, with the top three reasons for not sharing their faith being \u201cThey can get to Heaven through their different religious beliefs,\u201d \u201cWe shouldn\u2019t impose our ideas on others\u201d and \u201cThe Bible tells us not to judge others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But experts like Scott McConnell, who serves as executive director of Lifeway Research, say that believers\u2019 shyness about sharing their faith is misplaced since a significant percentage of Americans who don\u2019t identify with a faith are still spiritually open and curious.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[T]here\u2019s a large number of followers of Christ that maybe aren\u2019t intentionally hiding, but there are definitely keeping their mouth shut at some key opportunities to let others know that they\u2019re a follower of Jesus Christ,\u201d he observed during \u201cWashington Watch\u201d Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwenty-eight to 30% \u2014 depending on the survey you look at \u2014 of Americans have no religion. And so I think there are a lot of Christians [who] kind of look around and they see the culture has religion or faith on mute, and they just assume they need to stay quiet, and they assume that people really are against religion and against faith. But recently, we did a survey of Americans who have no religion. And we find that only half of them would prefer that religion not belong in public life. So the very people you\u2019d expect to be secular, they\u2019re pretty split on the issue. And in fact, almost three out of 10 say they themselves are a person of faith, even though they don\u2019t have a religion, and almost half of them would call themselves spiritual. And so, I think sometimes Christians are \u2026 making it bigger than it really is, when in fact, people are open to hearing your beliefs and the things that are important to you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McConnell went on to detail the vital components that will keep believers rooted in a life of faith.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[E]ngaging the Bible is an important one, and engaging the Bible is more than just reading the Bible,\u201d he emphasized. \u201cIt\u2019s also thinking about \u2026 wanting to honor it in every area of our lives. That\u2019s a challenging thing, and if we\u2019re honest with ourselves, \u2026 even as we try to follow Christ, we\u2019re still falling short. \u2026 Another signpost is building relationships. A key part of following Christ is to be in fellowship with other believers in a local church. \u2026 [W]e see it statistically that fellowship with other believers in church actually helps us follow Christ more closely. When we have significant relationships at church, when we\u2019re involved in a small group Bible study, we see repeatedly that people are more engaged in many other aspects of following Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[E]ven giving to their congregation is higher among those that are connected with other believers,\u201d McConnell added. \u201cAnother signpost is \u2026 expressing thanksgiving to God several times a week. That habit of giving thanks to God is really what living unashamed is. It just means saying it verbally as we begin to talk with friends and neighbors and coworkers to just indicate that we are so thankful [for] what Jesus Christ has done in our lives and is doing in our lives. \u2026 [G]rowth in one area of following Christ tends to help us in each of the other areas of following Christ as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McConnell further underscored that prayer and boldness are keys to opening up opportunities to  the faith.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo often that starts with prayer and just saying, \u2018Lord, would you give me opportunities to ?\u2019 And the Apostle Paul himself asked for boldness,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen it comes to living unashamed, we need to be asking God for the boldness to be willing to simply identify with Jesus Christ and let people know that\u2019s a priority in our life. \u2026 We\u2019ve got friends that are mentioning the sports team that they have allegiance to, and that\u2019s important in their lives. Why can\u2019t we be speaking up and saying the same thing about our relationship with Jesus Christ?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McConnell concluded by drawing attention to the importance of honesty in all interactions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[W]hen we\u2019re telling the success stories within a church setting, when we\u2019re encouraging one another and being open and honest \u2026 when we build that transparency into relationships at church, and we are openly talking about how we\u2019re following Christ, we begin to make that a habit in our lives,\u201d he pointed out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd it makes it easier for that to spill into conversations with people who may not be followers of Christ in our lives. 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