Questions tagged [conversion]

The act of changing from one religion (or none) to another.

Use this tag for questions involving changing to follow the Christian religion (or away from it).

Use 'evangelism' for the act of assisting others to convert.

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Are there any real statistics on how many people fall away?

I recently came across the claim that 80-90% of people who convert to Christianity will eventually revert to their former beliefs/way of life. While I can't speak to the world at large, my experience is that this number is closer to 40%. I was…
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How important is a "moment" of conversion?

Some people can specify the day and hour when they became Christians. Others were brought up Christians and say that, though they are Christian now, they cannot specify exactly when the change took place. Is it important to be able to specify the…