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title: 1 in 5 People In Your Church Probably Don’t Believe in Hell!
description: According to a new Pew Research Center study, only 82% of professing evangelicals believe in Hell today (and only 60% of mainliners). What do you think the percentage is in your church?
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# [1 in 5 People In Your Church Probably Don’t Believe in Hell!](https://blog.chemistrystaffing.com/1-in-5-people-in-your-church-probably-dont-believe-in-hell)

 Written by [Todd Rhoades](https://blog.chemistrystaffing.com/author/todd-rhoades) | Feb 6, 2019 12:30:00 PM

# What do you think the percentage is in your church?

According to a new Pew Research Center study, only 82% of professing evangelicals believe in Hell today (and only 60% of mainliners).

2019 is a time of biblical illiteracy. We can help people live better lives, defeat depression, be fulfilled in their career, and get in community.

But at some point, discipleship also includes some meat.

Or even a little milk.

Like… is Hell real or not?

What would the people in your church say?

Hell isn’t all that popular today. (When was the last time you did a sermon on Hell? Or even mentioned it?)

But one of the reasons most of us answered the call to ministry was to keep people out of… you guessed it… Hell.

Reminds me of an old Degarmo and Key song called Boycott Hell (I always thought it said “Boy Caught Hell”, but that’s another story).

Here are the lyrics:

> We've gotta job to do  
> We're runnin' out of time to do it  
> You've got a gift to use  
> Get out in the world and use it  
> Bury your foolish pride  
> We've gotta unionize  
> Boy, don't you think it's time  
> To boycott hell?
> 
> Boycott hell
> 
> We've got the strength to win  
> Standing arm in arm together  
> Forget our differences  
> We can change the world forever  
> Bury your foolish pride  
> We've gotta unionize  
> Boy, don't you think it's  
> Time to boycott hell?
> 
> Don't let a neighbor go  
> Form a holy picket line  
> We've gotta let them know  
> Don't you think it's time  
> To boycott hell

What do YOU think?

[Read more here...](https://the1a.org/shows/2019-01-08/hell-and-how-we-think-of-it)

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