• A study conducted by Zogby International in March learned that while Christians and documentaries try to prove the resurrection of Christ this Easter, many already believe Jesus rose from the dead 2,000 years ago.
• According to recent research by the Center for Missional Research of the North American Mission Board – the Southern Baptist domestic mission agency – 75 percent of Americans who say they are not born-again Christians still believe the biblical account of Jesus literally coming back to life in his physical body. 
• Based on response from the study, the research center suggests Easter messages may not require a defense of the physical resurrection but a focus that is more on the meaning and redemptive power for the individual.

• Newsweek conducted a Poll on March 28-29 on 1,004 adults aged 18 and older 
• The poll found that 6 percent of Americans do not believe in a God at all
• 10 percent of those polled identified themselves as having no religion at all
• 32 percent say religion has too much influence on American politics and 31 percent say it has too little
• 73 percent of Evangelical Protestants say they believe that God created humans in their present form within the last 10,000 years. 

Prior to this year’s Easter Season, the Center for Missional Research wanted to find out how prevalent the belief in the physical resurrection of Christ really is among the general public. Through a random sample of interviews among 1,204 adults across the United States, we were able to find some interesting and somewhat unanticipated results.