If 86% of Buddhists, Hindus and Muslims do not personally know a Christian (see International Bulletin of Missionary Research, January 2010), what percentage of Christians do not personally know a Buddhist, Hindu or Muslim? Logically, it follows that the number must be high. There is not a one-to-one correspondence between a Buddhist who knows a Christian and a Christian who knows a Buddhist: its probable that a single Christian might be in a situation to know many Buddhists, and thus a relatively small number of Christians could account for those situations where a personal relationship is had.
The point: if a Christian does not have any contact with a Buddhist, Hindu or Muslim in his home country, he or she may be very much less likely to want to go long term to another country where they will have that kind of relationship.
One solution: can the church help a Christian go from having zero relationships to just one relationship?
Or, if you have a Buddhist/Hindu/Muslim friend—can you introduce one of your Christian friends to them?
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