We’ve been exploring what spiritually open people hope to get out of their conversations about faith. But what do they bring into those conversations?

For Christians or church leaders who are engaging with non-Christians, it’s important to grasp the public’s existing baseline of beliefs about God, Jesus and more. This article features data from our latest Spiritually Open release to offer pastors and church leaders an understanding of how non-Christians view God, something that can go a long way in building trust and connection through conversations or sermons.

36% of Spiritually Open Non-Christians Believe that God Is the Creator of the Universe In general, spiritually open non-Christians tend to be more accepting of foundational Christian beliefs about God as well as Jesus, heaven and the Bible than those who are not spiritually open. (You can refer to this article for more details on how we defined these categories. Here, we’re referring to the 48 percent of non-Christians who fall into high or moderate levels of openness as “spiritually open,” while those who are “not spiritually open” are the 52 percent of non-Christians who scored low on this metric.)

For instance, spiritually open non-Christians are significantly more likely to believe in God or a higher power than those who are not spiritually open. While, overall, 58 percent of non-Christians hold this belief, nearly all of spiritually open non-Christians (87%) do so, compared to only 23 percent of non-Christians without this openness.