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I tried to access the article, but it says it’s no longer online. 
Anyway, Evangelicals can seem like they are the majority since they are more “out there” and vocal. It’s the same with some other minority groups, such as Black Lives Matter. They get a lot of press–especially when something happens that gets their people riled up. But in fact, Evangelicals are not the mainstream of Christianity, even though they can come across that way.
Every election year the MSM bemoans the influence of the Evangelical majority, but that’s just their way of trying to squash any (name removed by moderator)ut Evangelicals might have, especially since they don’t hold back their opinions as much as other Christian bodies do.
What is also happening is many mainstream Christians, even Catholics, are taking on the more simplistic aspects of Evangelicalism, which can also make it seem as though there are more of them than there are.
Anyway, Evangelicals can seem like they are the majority since they are more “out there” and vocal. It’s the same with some other minority groups, such as Black Lives Matter. They get a lot of press–especially when something happens that gets their people riled up. But in fact, Evangelicals are not the mainstream of Christianity, even though they can come across that way.
Every election year the MSM bemoans the influence of the Evangelical majority, but that’s just their way of trying to squash any (name removed by moderator)ut Evangelicals might have, especially since they don’t hold back their opinions as much as other Christian bodies do.
What is also happening is many mainstream Christians, even Catholics, are taking on the more simplistic aspects of Evangelicalism, which can also make it seem as though there are more of them than there are.
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Padres1969
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Such as?I tried to access the article, but it says it’s no longer online.
Anyway, Evangelicals can seem like they are the majority since they are more “out there” and vocal. It’s the same with some other minority groups, such as Black Lives Matter. They get a lot of press–especially when something happens that gets their people riled up. But in fact, Evangelicals are not the mainstream of Christianity, even though they can come across that way.
Every election year the MSM bemoans the influence of the Evangelical majority, but that’s just their way of trying to squash any (name removed by moderator)ut Evangelicals might have, especially since they don’t hold back their opinions as much as other Christian bodies do.
What is also happening is many mainstream Christians, even Catholics, are taking on the more simplistic aspects of Evangelicalism, which can also make it seem as though there are more of them than there are.
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Della
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Sorry, I don’t want to take the thread off topic. If you’d like to discuss this issue, I’d be happy to join you in a new thread in the appropriate forum.
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Peebo
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I’m not sure if they are not a ‘silent majority’…Evangelicals would come under those who believe salvation is through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ…who believe the Bible is all we need and usually a literal interpretation of scripture…many of them believe we are in the end times now by their interpretation of scripture…Baptists…Southern Baptists…non denominational…Pentecostals…plus any number of individual churches who probably all would come under the umbrella of Evangelicalism…and that doesn’t include many other individual Protestants and even Catholics who especially follow an Evangelical view on the end times
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ltwin
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Yes, of course, there are always more “cultural” or “nominal” whatevers out there if you are just asking people “what are you.” However, if you ask people do you go to an evangelical church regularly the number of practicing evangelicals will be much smaller.
The same would be true of other Christian denomination and even other religions.
The same would be true of other Christian denomination and even other religions.
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These are some useful tables from the Pew Research Center.
pewforum.org/2015/05/12/americas-changing-religious-landscape/pr_15-05-12_rls-03/
pewforum.org/2015/05/12/americas-changing-religious-landscape/pf_15-05-05_rls2_switchingratios310px/
Pew, as a rule, deals with the broader types of groups who self-identify as a certain kind of person. It doesn’t surprise me that right around half of those who self-identify as Evangelical are actually very invested in it. It’s basically the same thing with Catholics, right around half of them are truly invested in Catholicism beyond the nominal level.
Let’s keep in mind that if we assume around half of all Christians in the US are truly committed beyond a nominal status, that gives all of Christianity in the US something like a 35% starting point. Evangelicals are doing all right as a percentage of that group. Also, Evangelicals more reliably vote as a bloc, unlike Catholics.
pewforum.org/2015/05/12/americas-changing-religious-landscape/pr_15-05-12_rls-03/
pewforum.org/2015/05/12/americas-changing-religious-landscape/pf_15-05-05_rls2_switchingratios310px/
Pew, as a rule, deals with the broader types of groups who self-identify as a certain kind of person. It doesn’t surprise me that right around half of those who self-identify as Evangelical are actually very invested in it. It’s basically the same thing with Catholics, right around half of them are truly invested in Catholicism beyond the nominal level.
Let’s keep in mind that if we assume around half of all Christians in the US are truly committed beyond a nominal status, that gives all of Christianity in the US something like a 35% starting point. Evangelicals are doing all right as a percentage of that group. Also, Evangelicals more reliably vote as a bloc, unlike Catholics.
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