Our lack of biblical literacy compounds into theological illiteracy. When we don’t know our Bibles, it follows that we will also lose our theological moorings. Last year’s State of Theology report by Ligonier Ministries and Lifeway Research gave a stark assessment of local church discipleship. Surveying evangelicals on basic Christian belief, they found the following:
- In response to the statement “God accepts the worship of all religions, including Christianity, Judaism, and Islam,” 47% of evangelicals agreed.
- In response to the statement “Everyone is born innocent in the eyes of God,” 64% of evangelicals agreed.
- In response to the statement “Jesus was a great teacher, but he was not God,” 28% of evangelicals agreed.
Something is wrong. Each of these statements can be easily challenged as faulty with relatively little Bible knowledge. How can our churches be filled with people who are active and involved but have so little biblical grounding to show for it?
The discipleship gap:
— Jen Wilkin (@jenniferwilkin) January 8, 2026
“We have followed a discipleship strategy of lowering the bar on learning environments…We beg people apologetically to come to a 6-week study, promising it won’t have homework. Yet people want to do hard things.”
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