Outreach & Evangelism statistics

135 sourced statistics on outreach & evangelism for U.S. church leaders, newest first, from Lifeway Research, Barna Group and other published research.

2026

• Nones more willing to hear a Christian's faith if they don't claim all the answers Lifeway Research
• Nones who say they don't understand the language of most churches Lifeway Research
• Unaffiliated Americans on whether Christian language relates to what they care about Lifeway Research

2025

• Christians who strongly agree they have a personal responsibility to share their faith Barna Group
• Churches not involved with area schools Lifeway Research
• Churchgoers eager to talk about Jesus with people unlike them Lifeway Research
• Churchgoers who intentionally build friendships with non-Christians to share Christ Lifeway Research
• Churchgoers who intentionally serve people outside their church with tangible needs Lifeway Research
• Churchgoers who say many people who know them are unaware they are a Christian Lifeway Research
• Churchgoers who seek daily opportunities to speak about Jesus Lifeway Research
• Churchgoers with significant relationships outside church for evangelism Lifeway Research
• Hispanic Protestant churches that regularly schedule gospel-sharing opportunities Lifeway Research
• Hispanic Protestant churches with five or more new commitments to Christ Lifeway Research
• How churches bring attention to persecuted Christians Lifeway Research
• How churches helped local public schools in the last year Lifeway Research
• How often Southern Baptist pastors offered a gospel invitation in the past year Lifeway Research
• How often churchgoers ask God for evangelistic moments Lifeway Research
• Mission and church planting activity in the past 12 months Lifeway Research
• Outreach approaches rural churches have tried recently Lifeway Research
• Outreach methods new Hispanic churches kept using after launch Lifeway Research
• Pastors whose church raised attention to persecuted Christians Lifeway Research
• People baptized in Southern Baptist churches Lifeway Research
• States with more than 10,000 Southern Baptist baptisms Lifeway Research
• Times churchgoers shared their faith story in the past six months Lifeway Research
• Ways pastors have addressed persecution of Christians Lifeway Research
• What pastors of new Hispanic churches want to emphasize most Lifeway Research
• When Southern Baptist pastors plan to offer a gospel invitation Lifeway Research
• Young people who volunteered at least once in the past year Springtide Research Institute

2024

• Americans open to a faith conversation with a stranger Lifeway Research
• Barriers pastors cite to helping the incarcerated and their families more Lifeway Research
• Born again adults who shared their faith with non-believers in the past year Barna Group
• Christians' views on sharing how to become a Christian Lifeway Research
• Churchgoers never involved in a prison ministry Lifeway Research
• Churchgoers unaware of their church's involvement with pregnancy centers Lifeway Research
• Churchgoers who agree Christians have a responsibility to minister to the incarcerated Lifeway Research
• Churchgoers who have seen a church connection with local pregnancy centers Lifeway Research
• Churchgoers who say Christian movies are effective evangelism tools Lifeway Research
• Churchgoers' interest in prison ministry activities Lifeway Research
• Churchgoers' personal involvement in prison ministry activities Lifeway Research
• Churchgoers' views on ministry to the incarcerated Lifeway Research
• Evangelicals who say Christians must share God's truth with those who differ Lifeway Research
• How churches support people dealing with opioid addiction Lifeway Research
• Invitations to church extended by churchgoers in the past six months Lifeway Research
• Issues metro adults expect local government to address Barna Group
• Main reason churchgoers don't bring guests to church more often Lifeway Research
• People with no faith who know a Christian Barna Group
• Protestant churchgoers with friends of different religious beliefs Lifeway Research
• Protestant churchgoers' friendships with people of other beliefs Lifeway Research
• Qualities that make non-Christians open to faith conversations Barna Group
• Top thing nones want in a conversation with a Christian: listening without judgment Barna Group
• Ways Hispanic churches serve their community Lifeway Research
• Ways churches have supported local pregnancy resource centers Lifeway Research
• What keeps churchgoers from participating in prison ministry Lifeway Research

2023

• Church attendees whose leaders encourage them to serve in the community Lifeway Research
• Church leader support for adoption and foster care Lifeway Research
• Churchgoers who volunteered for a charity in the previous year Lifeway Research
• Churchgoers who want to serve their community hoping to share the gospel Lifeway Research
• Foster care and adoption within churchgoers' congregations in the last year Lifeway Research
• Have ever been on a short-term mission trip Barna Group
• How Christians say unreached people should be reached with the gospel Barna Group
• Outreach activities in the past year at Hispanic Protestant churches Lifeway Research
• Pastors who believe Christians must sacrificially care for refugees and foreigners Lifeway Research
• Services unchurched adults expect churches to provide Barna Group

2022

• Americans at least open to a conversation about faith with a friend Lifeway Research
• Americans at least open to a faith conversation with a friend Lifeway Research
• Americans curious why some people are so devoted to their faith Lifeway Research
• Baptisms per Southern Baptist church in 2022 Lifeway Research
• Baptisms recorded by Southern Baptist congregations Lifeway Research
• Christians' feelings about evangelizing Lifeway Research
• Christians' readiness to share how to become a Christian Lifeway Research
• Churches offering no formal training on sharing faith Barna Group
• Evangelicals who have heard a church message about reaching out to immigrants Lifeway Research
• Evangelicals' relationships with neighbors Lifeway Research
• Evangelistic steps taken with non-Christian loved ones in past six months Lifeway Research
• Evangelistic steps taken with non-Christian strangers in past six months Lifeway Research
• Faith-sharing actions Christians took with non-Christian loved ones in the past six months Lifeway Research
• How churches formally train Christians to share their faith Barna Group
• How men whose partners had an abortion expected churches to respond Lifeway Research
• How pastors encourage church members to respond to Halloween Lifeway Research
• Practicing Christians who strongly feel responsible to tell others their beliefs Barna Group
• Spiritual openness among U.S. adults Barna Group

2021

• Activities pastors say qualify as missions work Barna Group
• Americans who say churches in their community were helpful during the pandemic Lifeway Research
• Christian Gen Z teens who say actions speaking louder than words wins positive responses Barna Group
• Church community service Americans heard about in the past six months Lifeway Research
• Churchgoers who have not shared their faith with anyone in the past six months Lifeway Research
• Pastors who say missions is work that all Christians participate in Barna Group
• Traits practicing Christian teens see in a confident evangelist Barna Group

2020

• How disrupted pastors expect their outreach efforts to be Barna Group
• Unchurched Americans who don't mind talking about faith with a friend Lifeway Research
• Ways churches care for people with disabilities and their families Lifeway Research

2019

• Churchgoers who invited someone to church in the last six months Lifeway Research
• Churchgoers who see acts of service as a way to get to know others Lifeway Research
• Events and invitations unchurched Americans say they would attend Lifeway Research
• How churches currently serve people with opioid addiction Lifeway Research
• Southern Baptist baptisms Lifeway Research
• Unchurched people who say someone explained the benefits of being a Christian Lifeway Research
• Who non-Christians see as best suited to solve local problems Barna Group

2018

• Christians facing significant persecution worldwide Lifeway Research
• Church leader adoption and foster care support by congregation size Lifeway Research
• Churchgoers saying someone from their church has been involved in foster care Lifeway Research
• Churchgoers saying someone from their church was involved in foster care in the past year Lifeway Research
• Churchgoers who did not invite anyone to church Lifeway Research
• Churchgoers who have traveled internationally Lifeway Research
• Churchgoers who say someone in their congregation has been involved in foster care Lifeway Research
• Churchgoers whose church has had no involvement with foster care or adoption Lifeway Research
• Churchgoers' awareness of the Great Commission Barna Group
• Know someone at church who adopted a child from the United States Lifeway Research
• Say church leaders encouraged families to consider adoption Lifeway Research
• Say someone from their church has adopted a child from another country Lifeway Research
• Unchurched Americans who don't mind a friend talking about their faith Lifeway Research
• What unchurched Americans would attend if invited by a church Lifeway Research

2017

• Christians who had 10 or more spiritual conversations in a year Barna Group
• Church service programs Americans know churches provide Lifeway Research
• How unchurched nones feel about their Christian friends' faith Lifeway Research
• Religious situations that make atheists and agnostics uncomfortable Lifeway Research

2016

• Americans who volunteered at least once in the year Lifeway Research
• Barriers to church helping inmates and their families Lifeway Research
• Former inmates attending their church Lifeway Research
• How unchurched Americans would respond to a conversation about their religious beliefs Lifeway Research
• Main organization people volunteered for Lifeway Research
• Pastors' Halloween guidance to church members Lifeway Research
• Volunteering rate by education level Lifeway Research
• Volunteering rate by race and ethnicity Lifeway Research
• Ways churches help refugees Lifeway Research

2015

• Evangelicals whose church has never encouraged them to reach out to immigrants Lifeway Research

2014

• Americans whose family has turned to a church-run food pantry Lifeway Research
• Family has received help from a church food pantry, by region Lifeway Research

2013

• Born again Christians who feel a personal responsibility to share their faith Barna Group
• Born again Christians who shared the Gospel in the past year Barna Group

2011

• Top-of-mind ways Americans say churches can positively influence their communities Barna Group

2010

• Active churchgoers who would definitely invite someone to church on Easter weekend Barna Group
• Adults who cite Christians helping the poor as a positive contribution to society Barna Group

2008

• Where unchurched adults would like to meet a friend Lifeway Research
• Why unchurched adults meet friends where they do Lifeway Research