Who Are Americas Evangelicals?
Evangelicals seem to have new power since the 2004 elections. They were credited with the re-election of George Bush, though the switch of Catholic voters to Bush deserves equal billing. Evangelicals led the successful battle in a third of America’s states to limit marriage to one man and one woman. And an evangelical telecast, “Justice Sunday,” protesting the filibustering of Bush’s judicial nominees, broke the back of the Democratic filibuster. Who are America’s Evangelicals? What do they believe? How do they live their faith? A new Gallup Poll reveals that the answers are not obvious. When asked, “Do you consider yourself born-again or evangelical?”- fully 42 percent of Americans answered Yes. However, when asked three questions that most evangelical leaders would say are core evangelical doctrine, only “22 percent of Americans fit the description,” Gallup reports. “Central to core evangelical beliefs is the responsibility to share one’s faith with others. To `evangelize’ means to s
