[CS-FSLUG] OT: One in Four Believers Are 'Christians in Name Only, ' According to Survey

[Fred A. Miller]

  One in Four Believers Are 'Christians in Name Only,' According to Survey

By Allison Summers
<http://www.christianpost.com/author/allison-summers/> | Christian Post
Contributor


    *Changing the Face of Christianity Inc*., a non-profit
    <http://www.christianpost.com/topics/non-profit/> corporation
    dedicated to reversing negative Christian stereotypes, has released
    the results of a quiz designed to determine how well Christians live
    the teachings of Jesus Christ. Through the quiz, the organization
    found that one in four self-proclaimed Christians admit that they do
    not live according to *Christ's teachings*.

The anonymous assessment consisted of 10 multiple choice questions that
returned a score to the participant at the end, which then indicated to
that participant if he was 'Far from Christ," a "Worldly Christian," "A
Good Christian," or a "Spiritually Mature Christian," which was the
highest rank possible.

The responses, which were collected over a seven-month period from
January 2011 to July 2011, indicated that 23.7 percent of Christians in
the pool of over 2,000 questioned were classified as "Worldly
Christians" or Christians in name only, as defined by *R. Brad White*,
the founder of Changing the Face of Christianity Inc.
<http://www.changingthefaceofchristianity.com/>

"When posed with a real world situation which tests their faith, they
tend to do what the rest of the world does, instead of living as Jesus
instructs," White said about "Worldly Christians."

"To be clear, these aren't 'bad' people. The score results suggest they
think much more about themselves than they think about God and other
people. Reading the Bible and praying aren't a common practice. These
are people that you would probably be surprised to find are Christian,
if it weren't for the cross around their neck.

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