unchristian

Tuesday I asked the question about whether or not anyone had read the book unchristian. This is a book written by David Kinnaman (President of the Barna Group) and Gabe Lyons (founder of Fermi Project). It's the result of their research on what people outside of Christianity think of people who call themselves Christians. It's especially geared towards the younger generations from about age 16 to 39.

A large percentage of young adults today that don't attend church or that are of another religious background consider those who would call themselves Christians as

1) Hypocritical

2) Anti-homosexual (or gay bashers)

3) Judgmental

4) Caring only about people coming into their religion while not caring about the people themselves

5) Too political

6) Sheltered

These are but a few ways that several people outside of our Christian faith see us according to the research done for this book. And if that's true, then the very first sentence of Chapter 1 is also true. "Christianity has an image problem".

I will add more when I have time. I've got to run now, but welcome any comments on the subject.