Instead of surrendering to the attitude, “Jesus said they will hate us,” Kinnaman acknowledges the complexity of the issues while emphasizing the need to wake up to the realities of how we are being perceived and to respond appropriately to areas in which we have failed to represent Christ. The results of the study are honestly and skillfully presented, balancing statistics and analysis with practical insights from Kinnaman and other Christian leaders on ways Christians can engage and redeem the culture without compromising theological truths and a passion for Christ. According to author David Kinnaman, president of the Barna Group, the perceptions of young American adults reveal a growing level of hostility and resentment towards all things Christian, including Christ, that are impacting our ability to engage the culture with the gospel.īased upon three years of research commissioned by the Fermi Project to study the perceptions of Christians and Christianity by sixteen- to twenty-nine-year-olds, unchristian (Baker Books) describes how young American adults are becoming increasingly negative about and resistant to Christianity, a view often fueled by skepticism and resentment as a result of damaging personal encounters with Christians and the church. “Christianity has an image problem.” What comes to mind when sixteen- to twenty-nine-year-olds think about Christians and Christianity? Try “hypocritical,” “judgmental,” “antihomosexual” and other negative terms.
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