A new survey on American
Evangelical beliefs reports grim news, according to an article published yesterday by Christianity Today.
Not exact matches
And Amnesty International, in a
report released earlier this year, said «repeated calls by the Supreme Leader and other authorities to combat «false
beliefs» - apparently an allusion to
evangelical Christianity, Baha'ism and Sufism - appear to have led to an increase in religious persecution.»
Polling organisations have followed this trend which explains why African - Americans and Latinos with
evangelical religious
beliefs, and who are overwhelmingly opposed to Donald Trump, are excluded from the «
evangelical» category in
reporting.
The
report found that 41 percent of self - identified
evangelicals fall outside the new definition of
evangelical belief, and 21 percent of those who disavow the
evangelical label have
beliefs that actually fall within the
evangelical definition,
reports Facts & Trends.
The new
report identifies four key statements that define
evangelical beliefs, creating what may be the first research - driven creed.
While 35 percent of American adults identify themselves as
evangelical, just a quarter belong to an
evangelical denomination and only 6 percent meet the Barna Group's definition based on nine questions about
beliefs, noted NPR in a lengthy
report.
This
report examines the global warming
beliefs, risk perceptions, policy preferences, and related moral values of three major groups of American Christians — Catholics, non-evangelical Protestants, and
evangelicals.