According to Ehrman, most lay Christians are unaware of how different this particular academic view of the Bible is from their own.

Among lay Christians, however, the same conclusions seemed to entail blasphemy, heresy, sacrilege and almost every other religious sin on the register.

The most important and eloquent theologian in the West at the end of the second century was Tertullian, a lay Christian of Carthage.

In the twentieth century, some lay Christians have adopted a continuous reading of the Psalms on weekdays, praying the whole book in four weeks.

Baker also publishes for lay Christians on topics such as discipleship, spirituality, encouragement, relationships, marriage, parenting and the intersection of Christianity and culture.

The names and ages of the Chinese lay Christians were as follows:

The Christian Life Community is an international association of lay Christians who have adopted an Ignatian model of spiritual life.

Canon 81 reads: "A woman may not write to other lay Christians without her husband's consent.

It was at first dedicated to the education of Chinese lay Christians, particularly from disadvantaged backgrounds.

An overwhelming majority of lay Christians and Christian clergy approved of and supported the persecution.