Not everybody’s doing it.
In fact, out of 504 Christian singles surveyed, 3 out of 4 aren’t doing it.
In a culture that worships sex like it’s the Holy Grail, the Fountain of Youth and everlasting LSD all wrapped into one, it’s good for a Christian single person to know they aren’t going against the flow as much as media would like to make them feel when they set out to follow the Bible’s design for sex, reserving it for marriage.
Rather than being in the minority amongst Christian singles, those surveyed who have committed to saving sex for marriage are in the vast majority, with 77% (387 out of 504) saying so.
Of the remaining 23%, 19% of Christian singles say they believe that sex before marriage is a sin but are currently sexually active and/or don’t plan on waiting until marriage to have sex. The remaining 4% do not believe it’s a sin.
These are reassuring stats for those who love the Church and love the Bible. In today’s culture, it can often feel like everyone is throwing away what the Bible says in preference for whatever feels good or is seen as cool, popular or progressive. We expect the world to act this way, but the real discouragement comes when it seems the foundation of the Church is following this trend, rather than staying true to God’s Word and will.
While the 23% of Christian singles who are having sex outside of marriage shows we still have work to do within the Church, the 77% who are holding strong to Scripture in one of the most difficult areas of life show that the biblical fire empowering the core of the Church of Jesus is still burning brightly, contrary to what it may feel like from the media headlines.
It’s good to see yet another example that the death of the Church has been greatly exaggerated. Stay faithful to Jesus, Christian singles, your testimony is a shining light to many.
Read Post #1, “Demographics and Controls for Christian Singles Survey”
Read Post #2, “Research shows 45% of Christian singles feel outcast within the Church, 3% are LGBTQ”
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