While Christians say they want to exude confidence in their conversations with people from other faiths, non-Christians don’t have the same hopes for their talks with Christians.
A Barna study on evangelism found practicing Christians go into faith conversations with different expectations than do non-Christians and lapsed Christians (those who identify as Christians, but haven’t attended church within the past month).
Practicing Christians are most likely to list qualities like being confident in sharing their own perspective (58 percent), exhibiting a vibrant faith of their own (57 percent), and helping others have a spiritual experience of God for themselves (53 percent).
Yet all those attributes are further down the list for non-Christians and lapsed Christians.
Among adults who are not practicing Christians, the most desired trait of a faith conversation partner is someone who listens without judgment. Read More
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