The number: 79% — Jesus' Second Coming

Fully 79% of Christians in the U.S. say they believe that Jesus Christ will return to Earth someday. A 2006 survey by the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life and the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press found less agreement among Christians, however, on the timing and circumstances of his return. One in five American Christians, 20%, believes the Second Coming will occur in their lifetime, a larger number than the 17% who do not believe in the Second Coming at all.