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Secularism
57% : Americans who have not read the Bible in the past week.
33% : Americans who have not attended a Christian church in the past year.
27% : Americans who have never made a committment to Jesus.
Source: Barna Group.
Doctrine
26% : Protestant churchgoers who say people can obtain eternal life through religions other than Christianity.
58% : Protestant churchgoers who say Christianity is the only path to eternal life.
Source: LifeWay Research
Conversion
85% : Muslim converts who cited "the love of Christians" as the major factor that drew them to Christianity.
60% : Those who said it was the "exclusive factor."
30% : Those who cited "disappointment with Islam" as a major factor.
25% : Those who citied "dreams and visions" as a major factor.
Source: Biblical Missiology.
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