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UnChristian Flashcards

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What is the range of birth-years for “Busters”?

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1965 and 1983.

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What is the range of birth-years for “Mosaics” or “Millennials”?

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1984 to 2002.

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What age-range does the book unChristian by David Kinnaman focus on?

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The oldest Mosaics and the youngest Busters, i.e. age 16 to 29.

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When was unChristian by David Kinnaman published?

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2007

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According to unChristian, what is an “outsider”?

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Someone who identifies as an atheist, agnostic, or a follower of another religious tradition and someone who does not identify with any faith.

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What percentage of adult Mosaics and Busters are outsiders?

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33%.

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How many young adults mention faith as their top priority in life?

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Less than one out of ten.

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In 1996, what percentage of Americans were favorable toward Christianity’s role in society?

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85%

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What percentage of 16- to 29-year-old outsiders have a bad impression of present-day Christianity?

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38%

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What percentage of 16- to 29-year-old outsiders say that Christianity represents a negative image with which they would not want to be associated?

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33%

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How many 16- to 29-year-old outsiders believe that the Bible is accurate in all the principles it teaches?

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3 out of 10.

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What are the three most common perceptions of present-day Christianity?

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(1) Antihomosexual (held by 91% of young outsiders); (2) Judgmental (held by 87% of young outsiders); (3) Hypocritical (held by 85% of young outsiders)

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How many young outsiders believe that Christianity teaches the same basic idea as other religions?

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More than 4 out of 5.

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What do young outsiders say are the two main sources of their impressions of present-day Christianity?

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(1) Experiences at churches (59%); (2) Relationships (50%)

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What percentage of young churchgoers say that present-day Christianity is antihomosexual? judgmental? hypocritical?

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80%; 52%; 47%

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How many young adults say that they are totally committed to getting ahead in life compared to Boomers?

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4 out of 5 compared with 3 out of 5

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How does the Barna Group define a “born-again Christian”?

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A person has to say he or she has made a personal commitment to Jesus that is still important and that the person believes he or she will go to heaven at death, because the person has confessed his or her sin and accepted Christ as Savior.

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According to Barna’s 2007 study, born-again Christians are just as likely to participate in what lifestyle activities as non-born-agains in the past thirty-days?

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  • Bet or gamble
  • Visit a pornographic website
  • Consult a medium or psychic
  • Physically fight or abuse someone
  • To consume enough alcohol to be drunk
  • To have used an illegal drug
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What percentage of young outsiders personally know at least one committed Christian?

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85%

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What do born-again Christian adults identify as the top 3 priorities that Christians should pursue in terms of their personal faith?

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(1) 37% say lifestyle (“doing the right thing, being good, not sinning”)
(2) 31% say discipleship (“learning about Christ, learning about the Bible”)
(3) 25% say evangelism (“explaining/sharing your faith, leading people to Christ”)

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How many churchgoers believe that the Christian life is well described as “trying hard to do what God commands?”

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More than 4 out of 5.

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How many churchgoers feel that they “do not measure up to God’s standards”?

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3 out of 5

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How many churchgoers say that the serve God out of a sense of “guilt and obligation rather than joy and gratitude”?

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1/4 of churchgoers.

23
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What do most Christians believe is the reason that outsiders don’t want to become Christians?

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They cannot handle the rigorous standards of following Christ.

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What are the top 4 reasons that outsiders say that they have never become Christians?

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  • They have never thought about it
  • They are not interested in spirituality
  • They are already committed to another faith
  • They are repelled by Christians
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What percentage of young outsiders believe that Christians genuinely care about them?

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34%

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What do born-again Busters identify as the activity, ministry event, or person most directly responsible for their decision to accept Jesus Christ?

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An individual such as a parent, friend, relative, or teacher (71%)

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What do outsiders identify as the most important factor in their faith or spirituality?

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Something that “feels right to them personally” (69%)

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What percentage of young outsiders are skeptical and distrustful of faith and religion?

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42%

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What percentage of outsiders age 16 to 29 have gone to a Christian church at some time in their life?

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82%

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What does Barna consider the eight beliefs of a Christian worldview?

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  • Jesus Christ lived a sinless life
  • God is the all-powerful and all-knowing Creator of the universe and he still rules it today
  • Salvation is a gift from God and cannot be earned
  • Satan is real
  • A Christian has a responsibility to share his or her faith in Christ with other people
  • The Bible is accurate in all of the principles it teaches
  • Unchanging moral truths exist
  • Such moral truth is defined by the Bible
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What percentage of Mosaic and Buster outsiders say that “antihomosexual” accurately describes present-day Christianity?

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91%

32
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According to Barna Group, what percentage of evangelicals say that homosexual relations between two consenting adults should be illegal?

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More than 80%

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What percentage of born-again Christians say that they would be highly motivated to help HIV/AIDS orphans overseas?

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14%

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How many born-again Christians believe that there are some crimes and sins that God cannot forgive?

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25%

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What percentage of gay and lesbian Americans attend church regularly?

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1/3

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How many gay and lesbian Americans hold beliefs that qualify them as born-again Christians?

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1/6

37
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What percentage of born-again Christians say they have engaged in any other non-political means of addressing what they perceive to be the problem of homosexuality?

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10%

38
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What percentage of Mosaic and Buster churchgoers believe that homosexual lifestyles are a major problem?

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29%

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How many young outsiders believe that present-day Christianity is old-fashioned?

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75%

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How many outsiders say that Christians use special words and phrases no one else can understand?

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Almost 25%

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What percentage of young outsiders say that Christianity is like a club that only certain people can join?

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50%

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What percentage of young outsiders believe that present-day Christianity is too involved with politics?

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75%

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What percentage of young churchgoers believe that present-day Christianity is too involved with politics?

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50%

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What percentage of all American adults describe the political involvement of Christians as a concern?

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48%

45
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What percentage of young outsiders describe Christians as “people they trust a lot”?

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9%

46
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What percentage of outsiders say that Christians are quick to find fault with others?

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57%

47
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What percentage of all adult outsiders say that Christian churches accept and love people unconditionally, regardless of how people look or what they do?

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20%

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What percentage of all American pastors say that Christian churches accept and love people unconditionally, regardless of how people look or what they do?

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76%

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