A new study found that American Protestant Christians are increasingly less likely to talk about their faith with non-Christians and hesitant to discuss spiritual beliefs even with fellow Christians.
The survey, called the “2025 State of Discipleship: Living Unashamed,” found that about one in six Protestant churchgoers in the U.S. agree that they are reluctant to tell non-Christians in their life that they are Christian.
Hidden identity
The Lifeway Research survey collected 2,130 responses and found that 30% of Protestant churchgoers say that many people they know are not aware that they are a Christian. That number has more than doubled since 2013. In a 2013 Lifeway Research study, only 14% of churchgoers responded that people they know weren’t aware that they were a Christian. A 2019 Lifeway Research study showed that the number had climbed to 20%.
A third of the responders in the recent study say they believe that not everyone they know needs to be aware that they are a Christian.Another question asked if spiritual matters tend to not appear in normal, daily conversations with other Christians. While 42% of those surveyed agreed, 35% disagreed and 23% were neutral.
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EDITOR’S NOTE — This story was written by Hannah Davis and originally published by Decision Magazine.
