Cultural Influence

Perceived Christian Influence On Culture

“In your context, how much does the Christian church influence broader culture?”

Lack Of Influence

In a survey of 1,500 global Christian leaders asking about the influence of the church on their region, the results overwhelmingly point to the church’s lack of influence on global culture.

Overall perception is the church’s influence on culture is minimal.

Africa and Latin America-Caribbean were most optimistic about the church’s influence on culture, but in both cases more than 50 percent of leaders believed the church to have only a minor level of influence. Globally, the majority of Christian leaders surveyed perceive that the church has at most a minor level of influence on broader culture.

Perceived Change In Christian Influence On Culture

“In your perception, do you believe the influence of the Christian church in your region is growing or declining?

Steady Influence

When the same leaders where asked whether the church’s influence was growing or declining in their region, the results were more globally varied.

The perception of church’s influence on culture is that it is either steady or in decline.

The results show two primary groupings. First, there is limited optimism for the church’s influence in Europe, North America, and Oceania.

The second grouping of Africa, Asia, and Latin America-Caribbean, has more optimism with approximately 30 percent of Christian leaders believing the church’s influence is growing in influence.

Shaping Education

A survey of 1,500 global Christian leaders asked how influential the church is across a variety of cultural sectors within their global region. The overall results showed that Europe, North America, and Oceania to have less perceived influence than leaders’ perceptions of the church’s influence in Africa, Asia, and Latin America-Caribbean.

The global church’s perceived greatest influence is on education.

When examining influence on cultural sectors, the Christian leaders believe that the church is globally influencing one sector more than others: Education. In Africa and Asia, over 60 percent of leaders believe the church is influencing education, and other regions score education the highest at around 30-40 percent.

Tech And Finance

On the other end of the spectrum, globally, the surveyed Christian leaders believe that the church has the least amount of influence on the finance and technology sectors.

Perceived Christian Influence In Culture

The church is perceived to have the least influence on finance and technology.

Approximately 15 percent of global Christian leaders believe the church is having any influence on the financial sector, with 30 percent of Asian and African leaders seeing the church’s influence. A similar pattern is observed with the church’s influence on the technology sector.