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<h1>One in Four Believers Are 'Christians in Name Only,' According
to Survey</h1>
<div class="reporter">By <a
href="http://www.christianpost.com/author/allison-summers/">Allison
Summers</a> <span>|</span> Christian Post Contributor</div>
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<h2 class="fp"><strong class="keyword">Changing the Face of
Christianity Inc</strong>., a <a
href="http://www.christianpost.com/topics/non-profit/"
class="topicLine">non-profit</a> 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 <strong class="keyword">Christ's
teachings</strong>.</h2>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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 <strong
class="keyword">R. Brad White</strong>, the founder of <a
href="http://www.changingthefaceofchristianity.com/"
target="_blank">Changing the Face of Christianity Inc.</a></p>
<p>"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."</p>
"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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