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Most churchgoers fail to share faith: Study

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Jesus Wikipedia ) When it comes to discipleship , churchgoers struggle most with sharing Christ with non-Christians according to a recent study of church -going American Protestants. The study conducted by LifeWay Research found 80 percent of those who attend church one or more times a month, believe they have a personal responsibility to share their faith, but 61 percent have not told another person about how to become a Christian in the previous six months. These distressing results came from an extensive discipleship research project focused on measuringspiritual maturity in individuals. Overall, LifeWay Research found eight biblical attributes consistently evident in the lives of maturing believers. Of those eight, "Sharing Christ " has the lowest average score among Protestant church attendees. Three-quarters of churchgoers say they feel comfortable in their ability to effectively communicate thegospel, while 12 percent say they don't feel comfortabl