Discipleship in Canada: Sharing Faith and Making Relationships at Church

I'm up in Calgary this week, and will actually return to Canada several times in the next year, to talk about our Transformational Discipleship study of Canadians. Through extensive testing (the largest research project of its kind ever done), the LifeWay Research team has discovered certain attributes visible in the lives of believers who are progressing in spiritual maturity. These eight attributes are biblical factors that consistently show up in the life of a maturing believer. Results from each of the eight attributes of spiritual maturity will continue to be released over the coming months.

LifeWay Research surveyed a representative sample of 1,086 Canadian adults as part of the Transformational Discipleship study. Participants attend a Protestant church at least once a month. The sample included churchgoers from a range of Protestant denominations, including mainline and evangelical churches. Interviews were conducted in English, Spanish and French. A demographically balanced online panel was used for the interviewing.

A number of organizations have been publishing the results as they come out, particularly the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada, who were interested in how Canadians seek God, talk about their faith, and build relationships in church.

In the past, I have blogged about the intentionality of the Christian life as it relates to our Canadian research, and today I want to take a closer look at evangelism and relationships within the church in Canada.

In the next year, I will be sharing this data at national meetings of the Evangelical Free Church, the Congress of Apostolic Ministries, the C2C Network, and the Fellowship Baptists.

For now, here's a summary of our two most recent releases. Keep reading