Widespread education on religion is an activity which is carried out and performed in religious environments and places and supports the organized and formal religion education and which is presented for a lifetime to each individual at any age in order to have these individuals obtain religious knowledge by developing their understanding of religion so that they can interpret religion. At the same time, it is a type of education which is performed in a planned and organized way. All of these educational activities are also processes of communication. The characteristics of each one of communication which involves all sorts of purposes of effecting people determines the degree of effectiveness of communication both separately and in an interaction and which is directed from a source to a target and includes the purpose of changing behaviors and manners and attitudes. Therefore, in the process of changing behaviors and attitudes in effective communication, the characteristics of sources, messages, environments, and targets are very important factors. In communicating the widespread education on religion, the target group may be composed of individuals who have very different biological, psychological, and social characteristics with respect to their ages, genders, level of education, cultural structure, residence place, profession performed, social roles and statues, political and ideological views and opinions of the world, life experiences, past lives, sentiments and thoughts, attitudes, ways of thinking, value judgments, personalities, interests, desires, expectations, and needs. In the communication of wide spread education on religion, the characteristics of the target group should be taken into consideration in order to have the group gain the desired understanding of religion, attitudes, and behaviors. If the religion education educator communicates with the target group without considering these characteristics of the group, he/she may cause deterioration in the quality of the education on religion and teaching; and he/she may adversely affect the success of the education. The characteristics of the target group in widespread education on religion and the fact that these characteristics differently diversify the activities of widespread education on religion, and it is influential in the determination of the methods of education and teaching that will be implemented. Knowing the characteristics of the target group in widespread education on religion will make very important contributions to organizing and planning the communication that will be realized, and to selecting the subject of the education and teaching, to determining the content, and to communicating the messages.