When you knock on a stranger's door, more people are open to a church invitation than a gospel presentation—but a significant minority are open to both. According to the survey, Americans are far more open to people coming to their door with that simple invitation than trying to tell them how to get into heaven (53 to 35%).

The only exception to this trend is among African Americans, nearly half of whom are okay with someone coming to their door with an evangelistic message—15 percent more than any other ethnic group surveyed.

Our recent study showed that the more a person knew of [The Da Vinci Code], the more likely they were to consider the claims of The Da Vinci Code to be true, or to consider neither The Da Vinci Code nor the Bible as “closer to the truth.”  Since more people are about to be increasingly familiar with the content, this should be a cause for concern.

According to our poll...23 percent indicated they had read the book, 43 percent indicated they had not read the book but were familiar with its content, and 34 percent indicated they were not familiar with the content.

Also, the more familiar they are with the content, the more likely they are to believe that Christianity is suppressing the "truth." 

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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.