Rev Dr Gavin Ashenden wrote a letter to the editor in The Times.
He wrote: "Those people who neither believe in the Resurrection nor go anywhere near a church cannot be Christians".
The study found that two in five of all British adults say they believe in the resurrection of Jesus.
The findings also revealed around a third of Christians said they did not believe in life after death but a fifth of non-religious people surveyed said they did.
Responding to the findings, Bishop of Manchester Rt Rev David Walker told the BBC: "This important and welcome survey proves that many British people, despite not being regular churchgoers, hold core Christian beliefs.
"Alongside them it finds surprisingly high levels of religious belief among those who follow no specific religion, often erroneously referred to as secularists or atheists.
Ashenden took an opposite approach.
He wrote: "As with so many things, the key is in the definition of terms.
"Discovering the evidence for the Resurrection having taken place to be wholly compelling is one of the things that makes you a Christian, ergo, if you haven't you're not."